Category: Leadership

Excuses and Purpose

Posted September 21, 2015 - Excuses

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view, build for themselves great monuments of nothing.

— Steven Grayhm —

  I would replace the word “monuments” with “lives” in the above quote. With that being said, how is your life looking?  It’s never too late to start building a life of purpose. P.E.A.C.E Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 90:12, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”  (ESV)

Defeat Can Be Good

Posted September 18, 2015 - Ego, Humility

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

— Michel de Montaigne —

  I can relate…and I’ve been dying to self every morning since my crash, burn and rise from the ashes many years ago. My ego and God CANNOT co-exist. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.”

Giant Humility

Posted September 16, 2015 - Humility

Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

— G.K. Chesterton —

I learned some great lessons when my life took a plunge into the valley many years ago.  Humility was the greatest lesson of all. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 22:4, “The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.”  (ESV)

Humble Difference Maker

Posted September 15, 2015 - Humility

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.

— Gordon B. Hinckley —

TRUTH! P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Timothy 4:12, “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”  (ESV)

Humility and Pride.

Posted September 12, 2015 - Humility

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

— Ezra Taft Benson —

This is so true.  I used to always be concerned with being right and making sure everyone knew it. Today my concern is about doing right…a much more serene state than being right. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com   Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”  (ESV)

EGO and Ignorance

Posted September 11, 2015 - Ego

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

— Will Durant —

  Truth! …and the beginning of education is when I am willing to be teachable. …and the beginning of teachability is when I am willing to admit I don’t have all the answers. …and the beginning of knowing I don’t have all the answers is when I know the One who does. …and until I…

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Right isn’t Always Easy

Posted September 10, 2015 - Action, Discipline, Dream, Perseverance

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.”  

Why’s

Posted September 7, 2015 - Leadership, Worry/Anxiety

We have no right to ask when sorrow comes, "Why did this happen to me?" unless we ask the same question for every moment of happiness that comes our way.

— Unknown —

  Good point. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 118:24, “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (ESV)

Done vs. Said

Posted September 6, 2015 - Action

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