(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Greatness brings pride,pride brings catastrophe,and the proud don’t listen.” George Friedman Coaching Point: It’s not immutable that the sequence plays out that way every time. One can own one’s own greatness humbly, lightly. You are great, you know. You are. It’s just that most don’t see it…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Reading without thinking is as nothing, for no book is as important for what it says as for what it makes you think.” Louis L’Amour – from his personal notes (and used in his book The Walking Drum) Coaching Point: This has always been the impetus behind…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The illusion is that we all thought the source of happiness is something outside ourselves, that something outside ourselves has the power to make us happy. However, the minute we give away our power and project it outside ourselves, we are in a negative energy field and…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Words of affirmation focus on what we are saying,whereas quality conversation focuses on what we are hearing.” Gary D. Chapman – from his book The Five Love Languages Coaching Point: Some people know they are loved when they are affirmed, recognized, or acknowledged verbally. What is said…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Preferences are optional and subject to constraints,whereas constraints are neither optional nor subject to preference.” Author Unknown Coaching Point: There is so much wisdom in this quote. We see the two subjects – preferences and constraints – get swapped, intermingled, and reversed. It’s sometimes hard to see…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “You can’t go back and change the beginning,but you can start where you are and change the ending.” C.S. Lewis Coaching Point: This Quote seems to not be true for many people because they are stuck in “This is just the way I am” or “This is…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “I wish I don’t know now what I didn’t know then.” Bob Seger – the song ‘Against the Wind’ Coaching Point: Have you ever had that? Where you thought you wanted to learn about some part of the past, learned it, then regretted knowing it? Sure, show…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Dum vivimus, vivamus.” Purportedly from Epictetus Coaching Point: I saw this quoted recently. It wouldn’t let go of me.Are you living while you live? Copyright 2021 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “In theory one is aware that the earth revolves,but in practice one does not perceive it,the ground upon which one treads seems not to move,and one can live undisturbed.So it is with Time in one’s life.” Marcel Proust Coaching Point: Use the remaining time of this 3…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Under Promise. Over deliver.” Twyla Maddux Coaching Point: This is a long-time staple of the Coaching world. It is the opposite of what most people do. When was the last time a vendor stretched a promise to you into an over-promise and then under-delivered? Didn’t come out…