Category: Leadership

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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Walk

There are those who talk a good game and there are those who walk a good game. Follow the walkers, at least they are going somewhere.

— JJM —

  This thought came to me as I was reading Proverbs 17:19 “anyone who speaks boastfully invites disaster.” Talk is so cheap. Walk is so very valuable. How much time do you spend talking? How much time do you spend walking? An even better question is how much time do you spend planning your walk? …

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Right Success

Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed.

— Proverbs 16:3 —

  This is one of my favorite Proverbs. The question we must ask is what happens when we don’t commit our work to the Lord? Will our plans fail? Many years ago I came up with my own definition of success…The progressive realization of predetermined worthwhile goals that positively impact God’s world. I believe this…

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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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Standard and Quality

If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.

— Zig Ziglar —

  True That. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Mark 8:36, “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”  (NIV)

Rise Up

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

  2016 is the year of “Making the Most of Ourselves.” Emerson’s quote is so powerful. It is impossible to make the most of ourselves if we always have our defenses up and are unwilling to handle critique and criticism. When someone contradicts you or doesn’t agree with you, you have a choice of playing…

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Resolution #1

Sometimes it only takes one good song to bring back thousands of good old memories… On January 1st I did my plan for 2016. I’ve been planning out my years for as long as I can remember and my theme for this year’s plan is “Reach and Simplify.”  One of my first goals for simplifying…

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Making The Most – 2016

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

  This sounds like a great New Year’s resolution to me. How about you? What are you most passionate about? What are your priorities and responsibilities? What are your strengths? What purpose was God’s intent for your life? Knowing the answers to those four questions and seeing if and how they fit into your every…

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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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Christmas Heart

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

— Roy L. Smith —

  Amen. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Corinthians 3:17, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”