(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “First, you have to breathe. Until you do that, the rest is irrelevant.” Debbie Keehn (who may be reached at ddkeehn@aol.com)   Coaching Point: Are you pausing several times a day to take 3 slow, deep breaths?   Copyright 2001 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “‘Work’ is not the evil side of your life, and ‘personal’ is not the good side of your life. Your life is what you make it, and all components of it ultimately reinforce and enrich the others if you allow them to do so.” Alan Weiss…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Talk by doing.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: There is always plenty to talk about, but life rewards action. What would happen if you stopped talking about “it”and started doing? How much more would you accomplish? How much less would you talk?   Copyright 2001 Steve…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “There’s no place you need to get to in life. There’s only a place you need to be.” Brad Crumpecker   Coaching Point: Most would argue with the statement “There’s no place you need to get to in life.” Striving is their key life energy. Most…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You cannot control your life, you can only do what’s right in each moment. Your approach to the moments becomes your life.” David Viscott – from his book “Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times”   Coaching Point: He also said “I allow people to be what…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “People tend to forget how big their lives are. I help them remember.” Bruce Wood – Choreographer   Coaching Point: Who do you help to remember how big their life is? (This is the essence of coaching.)   Copyright 2001 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.” Gene Fowler   Coaching Point: If you do not see the truth in this, you can go into judgement about another’s behavior. It’s easy to judge someone when they cut in front of you on the…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Freedom always has a cost. When you are in the process of earning your freedom the cost seems high. After you have become free you realize the cost was very reasonable.” Steve Straus   Copyright 2001 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.” Mr. Miyagi – a character in the movie “The Karate Kid”   Coaching Point: Each of us have our own tool to master in order to do what is “impossible”. Discover your “chopsticks” and catch your “fly”.  …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “At their deepest level people never fall in love accidentally. They simply grow tired of living without passion, and having made this unconscious decision they open up once more and allow themselves to receive love.” Deepak Chopra   Coaching Point: Where are you living without passion?…