Category: Action

Great ain’t Average

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

— Theodore Roosevelt —

  I can remember a friend years ago telling me he needed to learn how to be average. I asked him why and he said he was a perfectionist and his drive for perfectionism was literally driving him nuts. I’m not certain where you are on a scale of Bad-Average-Good-Great, but I am always striving…

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Equip not Enable

I don't pray for God to take my problems away, I pray only for God to give me the strength to go through them.

— Jose Lozano —

  If there is one thing I have learned about God over the years is He is not an enabler, he is an equipper. He doesn’t do the work for us but instead equips us with the tools we need in order to live life effectively. The key to becoming equipped is for us to…

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Full Power Success

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

— Wilferd A. Peterson —

  Success is built one minute at a time. So is failure. Nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 14:23, “In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”

Steps

Each day your life is taking steps toward success or failure; it's your choice.

— JJM —

  Success is simple, but it takes action. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 16:3, “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”  (ESV)

Work and Wait

Great things come to those who wait but continue to work their butts off while waiting.

— JJM —

Yesterday I achieved a goal I set for myself a couple of years ago.  I completed a ½ Ironman Triathlon distance race twice in one month…so I could say I did a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run) in one month. This particular goal took me three years longer than I wanted because…

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Laziness

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

— Jules Renard —

  P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 13:4, “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”  (ESV)

Right isn’t Always Easy

Do what is right. Not what is easy.

— Unknown —

  P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 12:11, “Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.”  

Done vs. Said

Well done is better than well said.

— Ben Franklin —

  Our best messages occur without ever opening our mouths. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Click the scripture link and read and reflect on James 2:14-26

LIVE

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

— Nicolas de Chamfort —

  mmmHmmm. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 27:1, “Of David.  The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”  (ESV)

More and More Action

Never mistake motion for action.

— Ernest Hemingway —

  Hmm…one of my blog followers must need a little “boost” as this is the third day in a row I’ve touched on action. Years ago I remember reading a Tom Hopkins book where he challenged his readers to get up every morning and say to themselves; “Today I will do the most productive thing…

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