Essays/Stories/News

Mar 11, 2019

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...

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Jan 31, 2013

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...

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Aug 24, 2011

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....

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Jul 13, 2011

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...

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Jun 30, 2011

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...

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Jun 24, 2011

Redefining Success

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou Love and creativity are renewable resources....

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May 20, 2011

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...

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Apr 5, 2011

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...

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Sep 17, 2010

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...

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T. Thorn Coyle