(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Awareness solves.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: What does it mean to “solve” something? To figure it out? To have an ah-ha? To be inspired? It doesn t matter how you solve something, the result is, something changes. To become more aware is perhaps the most…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi   Coaching Point: It s easy to want others to change because it s so clear to you that they need to change! Well, what has to happen for you to be…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Joy not shared, dies.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: Do you agree? If so, where are you sharing your joy?   Copyright 2005 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “How to be Lucky? Be generous. Generosity is luck going in the opposite direction, away from you. If you’re generous to someone, you are in effect making him lucky. This is important. It’s like inviting yourself into a community of good fortune.” Twyla Tharp Coaching Point: What…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “It is easier to act your way into thinking differently than it is to think your way into acting differently.” Author unknown   Coaching Point: Action! Action! Where do you need to be in action?   Copyright 2005 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “When everyone is somebody, then no one s anybody.” W.S.Gilbert – The Gondoliers   Coaching Point: Do you celebrate differences or resist them?   Copyright 2005 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Sometimes you find yourself suffocating in the sameness.” Bill Sechrest   Coaching Point: Is it time for you to make a change? If not a fundamental change (new job, new geography, new hobby), then perhaps a change in your approach? Are you suffocating in the sameness?…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “If I could explain it, what would be the point in doing it?” Isadora Duncan – 1878-1927 Coaching Point: Some things in your life don’t translate between venues or mediums. They are not explainable. That…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “People cannot sustain behavior that is inconsistent with the way they see themselves.” Mike Spence   Coaching Point: Have you ever made a change and then reverted to your old behavior? Sure, everybody has because their inside was not in line with their outside. When you…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Always go where you’re celebrated, never where you are merely tolerated.” Pam Straus   Coaching Point: Why would you ever go where you’re merely tolerated? What value could that add to your life? To go only where you’re celebrated may narrow your choices somewhat, but so…