top of page

Essays/Stories/News
Search
Legacies of Failure and Success
I don’t fully trust people who live a life with no regrets. How do they learn? I wonder. Have they never stumbled? Fallen? Have they...
T. Thorn Coyle
Mar 11, 2019
0 comments


Meditating on Success
. “Success isn’t about what you get. It’s about who you become.” – Steven Barnes This quote floated across my feed this morning. Steven...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jan 31, 2013
0 comments


Accepting Failure Creates Success
I fail every day. Just ask my students. I also succeed. The same students – or clients, or friends – might likely tell you that, as well....
T. Thorn Coyle
Aug 24, 2011
0 comments


Opening Fear – Reaching for Sky
The thing about fear (the not-in-a-life-threatening-situation variety) is this: We don’t have to pretend it isn’t there. We don’t have to...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jul 13, 2011
0 comments


Self-Respect: Come to Your Success!
A Muslim friend once translated the adhan, or Call to Prayer as: “Come to prayer! Come to your success!” It has stayed with me for many...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jun 30, 2011
0 comments


Redefining Success
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou Love and creativity are renewable resources....
T. Thorn Coyle
Jun 24, 2011
0 comments


Underestimating Success
I talk with students and clients all the time who fail to see how far they’ve progressed. In not settling for “good enough,” in following...
T. Thorn Coyle
May 20, 2011
0 comments
What Does Success Look Like?
“What is essential is invisible to the eye. The irony of fitness is that we do these things to perform better, to live longer, to feel...
T. Thorn Coyle
Apr 5, 2011
0 comments


Come to Your Success!
Message from Thursday, written while 30,000 feet in the air: What are you waiting for? What is the hesitation that causes you to put your...
T. Thorn Coyle
Sep 17, 2010
0 comments
bottom of page