Category: Habits

Think and Grow Peaceful

Posted September 8, 2016 - Happiness, Letting Go, Serenity, Thoughts

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

— Marcus Aurelius —

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

Barking Dogs

Posted September 3, 2016 - Action, Victor

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

— Winston Churchill —

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” ~Winston Churchill

Direction

Posted August 30, 2016 - Action, Habits, Leadership

If you don't change the direction you are going, then you're likely to end up where you're heading.

— John Maxwell —

If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading. ~John Maxwell

Victor or Victim

Posted August 19, 2016 - Victim, Victor

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I do not 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 cannot find them, make them.

— George Bernard Shaw —

So true.  I quit playing the “circumstance blame-game” many years ago. In all situations we have the opportunity to play the role of victor or victim. Which role do you play? Do you make things happen or do you watch things happen…and then complain about it? Do you find opportunity in the problem or do…

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Victory over Blame

Posted June 25, 2016 - Excuses, Humility, Victor

A man may make mistakes, but he doesn't become a failure until he blames someone else.

— John Wooden —

“A man may make mistakes, but he doesn’t become a failure until he blames someone else.”  ~John Wooden There are victims and there are victors. Victims have an excuse for everything that goes wrong and they usually blame others for their lot in life. Victors have an eye for creating opportunity when something goes wrong…

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Purpose & Life Happens

Posted February 14, 2016 - Serenity, StratField, Victor

You were born to be real, not to be perfect.

— Unknown —

  I was talking with a coachee the other day and he was lamenting about some health issues a loved one was facing.  He began going down the path of asking himself what he had done wrong in order to deserve this punishment he was receiving from God. I quickly steered him back on the…

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Counsel

Posted January 20, 2016 - Community, Mentors, Victor

Form your purpose by asking for counsel, then carry it out using all the help you can get.

— Proverbs 20:18 (MSG) —

  Nothing great in life happens by doing it alone. If you are trying to make the most of yourself it will not happen without surrounding yourself with wise counsel. Sometimes the most powerful three words we can say are, “I need help.” Who are you listening to? Who are you talking with? Who is…

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Unlearning is Learning

Posted January 18, 2016 - Action, Change, Reading, Victor

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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Study and Prepare

Posted January 15, 2016 - Discipline, Habits

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

— Horace —

  There are no shortcuts or free lunches on the journey of creating a quality life and making the most of yourself. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 15:14, “A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash.” (NLT)

Excellence

Posted January 12, 2016 - Habits

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence then is not an act but a habit.

— Aristotle —

  Excellence is simply doing the next right thing, one step at a time, one day at a time. Excellence is a process, not an event. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 13:4, “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.”