Category: Change

Obscure Relevance – Separation

It must happen to us all...We pack up what we’ve learned so far and leave the familiar behind. No fun, that shearing separation, but somewhere within we must dimly know that saying goodbye to safety brings the only security we’ll ever know.

— Richard Bach —

“It must happen to us all…We pack up what we’ve learned so far and leave the familiar behind.  No fun, that shearing separation, but somewhere within we must dimly know that saying goodbye to safety brings the only security we’ll ever know.”  ~Richard Bach Alaska Trip – Day One – June 23, 2016 Flying to…

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Unlearning is Learning

Intelligent people are always open to new ideas. In fact they look for them.

— Proverbs 18:15 (NLT) —

  The other day I was working with a young man who has decided to head in a new direction in his profession.  He had spent his past several years with a very well known and highly regarded organization.  During our talk he said, “Jay I’ve learned a ton of great things over the past…

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Past is Past

One problem with gazing too frequently at the past is that we might turn around and find the future has run out on us.

— Michael Cibenko —

  As we are about to start a new year it is important to move into 2016 without any extra baggage and there is no greater baggage than a past that has never been dealt with.  The past should be used only for helping us make a brighter future regardless of how ugly it may…

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Dance

Sometimes you just need to dance with the unknown. Quit trying to control it, resist it or guess what it is. Just let go and dance.

— JJM —

  P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com John 16:33, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation.  But take heart; I have overcome the world.”  (ESV)

Change

The gambler limped over to his Master and asked, “I was caught cheating yesterday, so my partners beat me up and threw me out of the window. What would you advise me to do?” The master looked straight through the man and replied, “If I were you, from now on I would play on the…

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Am I the Problem or the Solution?

If I'm not the problem, there is no solution.

— Unknown —

  Whenever I have a problem I have choices (according to the Serenity Prayer): 1.  I can accept the problem…even if I don’t like it. 2.  I can change the problem not by changing it, but by changing the way I view and act toward the problem. 3.  I can view the problem as unacceptable and…

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Want to Will

The best way to turn average into excellence is to speak “will” instead of “want.”

— JJM —

  Years ago I can remember having this vision for our business and it was all about wanting to become one of the most highly regarded and respected businesses in our industry.  In that moment, I decided to turn that “want” into a “will” and the rest, they say, is history. Instead of thinking and…

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Crab Apples or Golden Delicious?

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

— Bill Meyer —

  How are your thoughts these days? Changing how you think will change the course of your life. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”

Starts and Stops

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

— Wayne Dyer —

  What do you love to do? Are you doing it? There are only two steps in creating a new habit…start and continue. There are only two steps in stopping an old habit…stop and stay stopped. What do you need to start and what do you need to stop? There may be some things that…

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Be Different

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

— Friedrich Nietzsche —

  If we surround ourselves with people who all think like us and agree with everything we do, we will never grow. Nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 13:20, “He who walks with the wise grows wise.”