“One reason few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” ~Tony Robbins Some people are OK with dabbling and I am OK with people who are OK with it…not…
Category: Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Daily focalPOINT – Decisions, Death and Hot Tubs…
You become the decisions you make in your life. I was fortunate enough to survive the depths of hell from my drug abuse and am living proof of what bad and good decisions will do to a life. In a couple of weeks I will celebrate my 25th year of sobriety and even to this…
Daily focalPOINT – The Challenge of Leadership
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” ~Jim Rohn …sort of sounds like the attributes of Jesus… P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com
Daily focalPOINT – Slow Down
In those moments where I feel like I am maxed out and don’t know how I am going to catch up with my life, I simply need to slow down and let God catch up with my life. A life run on self-will is a recipe for disaster for this guy… ~A quote from yours…
Daily focalPOINT – Commit
When God seems far away, guess who moved? Last night at our Next Step Recovery Celebration we heard a testimony from a young lady who had a very rough life, some of her  challenges were self inflicted but it was not her choice to experience some of the things that took place in her childhood….
Daily focalPOINT – Decisions and Progress
“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes.  What matters most is getting off the fence.  You cannot make progress without making decisions.”. ~Jim Rohn I see indecisive leadership as one of the chief causes of organizational failure.  There are a couple of causes for indecision. One is simply due to…
Daily focalPOINT – Addiction
Addiction is a crazy process; you don’t want to stop when you can and you want to stop when you can’t… If the statement above is you, you CANNOT whip the addiction you are batthling on your own. Addiction is whipped in conjunction with a higher power, and/or a network of friends and mentors who…
Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom
The less I think I know the more I can learn and the more I learn the more I can understand and the more I try to understand the more I can learn to love and accept others right where they are and the more I can learn to love and accept others right where…
Daily focalPOINT – Circumstance
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” ~George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, 1893. I couldn’t agree with…
Daily focalPOINT – Humble Leading
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.” ~William Temple In Jim Collin’s book “Good to Great” he shares a chart on what he considers the progression of a leader. Standing…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.