Quotes from Steve Chandler

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." —Charles Mingus, legendary jazz musician

People don't want coaching. They want what coaching can do. They want their problems solved, their habits changed, their opportunities realized. They want more income, or better relationships, or more peace on the inside, or more fun and adventure on the outside. They want less suffering and more happiness

You cannot live a perfect day," he said, "without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ Joseph Campbell

Reinventing yourself requires problems. They are the games you play in this great tournament. The tournament is called the dance, the dance of life. Each game you win advances you in the tournament.

make it a personal commitment to notice everything that pushes your buttons. Make a note of everything that inspires you. That's your control panel. Those buttons operate your whole system of personal motivation.

Unconsciously, managers without leadership habits will often seek, above all else, to be liked. Rather than holding people accountable, they let them off the hook. They give non-performers the uneasy feeling that everything's fine. They are managers who seek approval rather than respect.

Reinvention begins at the level of thought. Don't let your thoughts think you.

The final test of a leader is the feeling you have when you leave their presence

When you understand this, you begin to realize that you already have all the security you wanted money to

give you in the first place.

You can learn to clean out everything that muddies up your perception and stops you from seeing the infinite possibilities of life.

It's a lot easier to make money from this position. Byron Katie Work and Money

He who is not busy being born is busy dying.

do everything right on the spot—don't put anything unnecessarily into your future

By being ruthless.

If you focus on the pain, and think of nothing but the pain, you will not get anywhere," Doug pointed out. "You have to accept the pain for what it is, and then focus completely on what you want. The more you focus on what you want, the less the pain matters." Owners focus on what they want. Victims focus on what they fear. And both positions are pure internal invention.

When you get your, 'Who am I?', question right, all of your, 'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves." ~ Richard Rohr

time warrior does not manage time. A time warrior goes to war with (challenges and cuts away) all the beliefs that create linear time.

Kierkegaard once said, "If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.

The real jewel in this distinction is that we are NEVER stuck where we are. We can learn our way through or out of anything. We have neural pathways in our brains that can support the adoption of new ways of being—no matter our ages. We have unlimited capacity for curiosity, learning, knowledge, and wisdom, throughout our lifespans. We possess the mental flexibility to move past "what we know" or—more accurately— "what we think we know.

The trust of your people is not difficult to obtain. You can win it. And because it's so important for motivating them, you must win it. So you must never, ever be late to your own meetings. Ever. Such a thing will destroy all trust you've built up with seven out of 10 people, because it means to them that you cannot be counted on to keep your word.

The "violence" in the words "time warrior" was intended. For although the work you do can be slow and easy, you must pull out your sword ahead of time to carve out periods of space and silence.

Great ideas come to us in the shower when it's the only time in the day when we're completely alone.