(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “… anger should not determine action, only the determination to act.” George Mason   Coaching Point: Wow! How clear! It’s useful to feel what you feel. In fact, it’s useful to feel fully what you feel. Anger is a feeling which, when you are experiencing it…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “To not know and not do is one thing. To know and not do is another matter.” Anonymous   Coaching Point: Does this mean that just because you know something you must do something? Of course not. The point is, many times we know what to…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Feelings precede reality.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: Is it okay for you to feel fully? If it is, you have access to a wonderful and powerful resource — being aware of your feelings and having the option to choose, at any time, a better feeling thought. For…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser or more responsible ones.” Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee, one of the first female chiefs of Native American Communities   Coaching Point: Any crises in your life? If so, are you letting them help you be…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Life is too short to spend your time trying to be someone else.” Carolina Herrera – Fashion designer   Coaching Point: Enough said?   Copyright 2014 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot keep out of trouble…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger, but in calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” Niccolo Machiavelli, from The Prince…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “A Strength overdone becomes a hindrance.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: If a golfer is really good at driving the ball, it’s not a good idea for him or her to do so once on the green. If a salesperson is really good at asking for…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “We are the hurdles we leap to be ourselves.” Michael McClure   Coaching Point: Unless you agree with that statement your only option is to blame someone else for being a hurdle in your life. What if you let all other people just be themselves and…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspaper that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes you. This…