Category: Mentors

Great

Small minds and small people talk about things, average minds and average people talk about other people, great minds and great people talk about dreams, goals, ideas and concepts.

— Eleanor Roosevelt —

  How great is your mind? Greatness and excellence in your life will only happen if you choose to spend time with the right people, places and things. If you want to be great hang out with great, read about great, study great and become great. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 15:14, “A wise person is hungry…

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Joy and Company

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

— Mark Twain —

  On the flip side of that coin, misery loves company. Who are hanging out with these days? Do they bring you joy or misery? With all of that being said, there is only one thing worse than two miserable people commiserating and that is a one person commiserating with the committee in his or…

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Healthy and Strong

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.

— Rona Barrrett —

  The key is knowing when we need help and that usually happens by surrounding ourselves with people who love us enough to ask us the tough questions and/or tell us what we need to hear. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 12:15, “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man…

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People

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.”  ~Mark Twain Do you have ambitions? Are you hanging around others with similar ambitions? If people are belittling your ambitions (as Twain notes above), it’s not their fault,…

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Together and Far

If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.  ~African Proverb Nothing great in life will take place by doing it alone. Surround yourself with people who want you to succeed which means surround yourself with people who will tell you what you need to hear, not what…

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Pride and Wisdom*

“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.  ~Khalil Gibran The quote above is a deep explanation of what I do as a coach.  We all have the answers to our problems but sometimes it takes…

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Mentors

“People only see what they are prepared to see.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson As we continue on this 2013 journey of defining and living our God-Purpose, it is important to surround ourselves with the right mentors. Key qualities of a mentor: 1.  They’ve been where you are trying to go. 2.  They are as happy about…

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