(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many, and not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” Charles Dickens Coaching Point: Easy to say, but I can get caught up in the undertow of daily ‘stuff’ and forget. Then I remember…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The most important values in life are caught, not taught.” Thayer Willis – Wealth counselor Coaching Point: You can teach and preach. You can lecture and plead. But what you demonstrate outshines them all. What values are being caught by the people who are important to you?…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Virtuousness is achieved by being virtuous, not by talking about how virtuous one is.” Aristotle Coaching Point: What does it mean to be virtuous? Honest? Maybe. Moral? Also maybe. Ethical? Again, maybe. All these fit a dictionary’s definition of virtuous. With virtue – as with other core…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Braver are many in word than in deed.” “The overpraised are the worst deceivers.” “When ill seed has been sown, so an ill crop will spring from it.” A collection of ancient Viking/Scandinavian/Icelandic wisdom Coaching Point: Many people have a limited awareness of the influence and effect…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Coaching Point: But it can be hard, you know? Until we grow enough, then it becomes easy. Where are you now? Copyright 2020 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” “decidewhether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.” “Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.” “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “You are at a crossroads in this moment. A choice point. The point at which you either embrace the reality of yourself as one with a benevolent universe or continue in the illusion that you are not. You face this choice this moment. You face this choice…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “So much of any outcome is predetermined by how you think and speak about yourself and events.” and . . . “Although the old narrative was ‘written’ in childhood, it’s not written in stone.” John Sharp M.D. “What thought has done, thought can undo. The mental patterns…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “We have a responsibility to stand watch over one another, we are watchers, all of us, watchers, guarding against the darkness. . . . we’re all needed.” Dean Koontz Coaching Point: Do you know how to be a watcher? Copyright 2020 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “I don’t have to attend every fight I’m invited to.” A Course in Miracles Coaching Point: I laughed out loud when I first read this. Because I realized I had been susceptible to, shall we say, energetic engagement in debates which hadn’t add any real value to…