Month: December 2020

SANTAYANA QUOTE Have you quit learning? I hope not. Research says many of us seem to have quit learning. Once we made our way out of school, we didn’t think we needed any more education. My guess is, you and

NEW CHOICES Nice. A fresh start. New choices available to us. We aren’t stuck, or don’t have to be. We’ll still have to deal with the consequences of previous choices — things we said, things we did, things we didn’t

BRIAN TRACY QUOTE If we try to keep everything easy, it might be more pleasurable for a while. But, there is something about having bigger goals, a willingness to be stretched, to be willing to step out of our comfort

ANNE FRANK QUOTE I think Anne Frank is on to something significant. So many of us look “out there”, when the answer is “in here.” My approach to coaching is primarily one of reflective inquiry. I listen and observe as

NOT WISE QUOTE I sometimes think I am. I sometimes think I have acquired my wisdom all by myself. But, that is not a very wise thing to think, is it? Our parents, our families, our friends, our teachers, our

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORM Some things in life are learned by “going through the storms”, aren’t they? The hard classes in school, the big exams, the difficult assignments at work, even the mean bosses — they all forge

DO MORE OF WHAT MAKES YOU STRONGER It may be helpful, from time to time, to get in touch with our weaknesses, with what we are not good at. But, it is even more helpful in life to identify and

Fear is one of those basic emotions, a pretty powerful one, often quite challenging, usually has a negative effect in our lives. Wouldn’t you agree? I know I battle with fear. I’ve walked alongside many people confronting their own fears

WISDOM DOESN’T NECESSARILY COME WITH AGE She is right. It doesn’t. True wisdom is more than the accumulation of experiences or knowledge or years. True wisdom has a way of filtering those into something useful and helpful and good. I’ve

WRITE YOUR OWN ENDING You do. Or at least you can. Write your own ending, that is. So many people let circumstances or other people or momentum write the endings to the chapters in their life. But, you and I