(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Make sense fast.” Maria Smith   Coaching Point: Never mind story, story, story. To be heard, get to the point!   Copyright 2003 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (spoken by his character, Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”)  …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “People rarely have more than they will not allow themselves to have less than.” John Barnes   Coaching Point: Most people get enough money — that’s a for-instance, it could be love, time, peace, etc. — to avoid having something unpleasant happen. When they get enough…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Progress can be fragile.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: After you have made progress in some area of your life, stress can cause you to return to an old way of behaving, losing what you have gained. What do you do to assure that your progress…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The capacity of the mind to focus on non-essentials is limitless.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: Unless you are an experienced meditator, have had a neurological event, or are just plain lucky your thoughts occur in a continuous stream with no apparent gap between thoughts. How many of…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” Robert Anthony   Coaching Point: Blame is really sneaky. You re not blaming anyone for your results, are you?   Copyright 2003 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men, as a whole, experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Helen Keller  …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “If you have a dream you can do by yourself, it’s not a big enough dream.” Thomas J. Leonard   Coaching Point: Have you quit dreaming big?   Copyright 2003 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The thought manifests as the word; the word manifests as the deed; the deed develops into habit; and habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. As the…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Complacency is the only thing in a company which develops by itself. Everything else takes work!” Richard Reardon(richard@richardreardon.com)   Coaching Point: What are you doing to prevent complacency in your business?   Copyright 2003 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…