(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…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Prosperity is the ability to do what you want to do at the instant you want to do it.” Raymond Charles Barker — Treat Yourself to Life   Coaching Point: Do you have a different definition of prosperity that is better for you? Is it written?…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “There s a way to do it better — find it.” Thomas A. Edison – Inventor   Coaching Point: No, this is not just a cliched reminder to work harder or smarter. It s a mindset. If you always and automatically look for a better way…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   I often remember realizing that much of my anxiety was stemming not from where I was, but from what I was afraid would happen a few miles in the future.” Lane Wallace – writer/pilot for Flying magazine   Coaching Point: A wise pilot plans for possible…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “He had a near-life experience.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: We have often used the phrase “near-death experience” to describe a wild event. How often have you had a near-life experience and what did it show you? Copyright 2005 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The minimum you expect is the maximum you will get.” Robert D. Rutherford, Ph.D. – Negotiations expert and trainer   Coaching point: It is not the Universe s responsibility to give you more than you asked for. If you are setting your sights too low, do…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy   Coaching point: Do you fear change? Or embrace it? Or both?   Copyright 2005 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.” Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924)   Coaching Point: There is still time. Start now!  …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “A true friend knows your weaknesses, but shows you your strengths; feels your fears, but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties, but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities, but emphasizes your possibilities.” William Arthur Ward – Educator   Coaching Point: Is this how you treat your…