Category: Leadership

Party Alignment

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

— G.B. Shaw —

  What I would give to have but 10% of the depth of George Bernard Shaw’s thought process. I see way too much human “reasonableness” in our country’s political system these days.  People align with a party and let the party do their thinking for them. My “party” is Jesus (the most unreasonable person to…

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Paint It and Live It

Paint the picture you would like your life to become and then do the things you need to do one step at a time, and one day at a time in order for the picture to become your life.

— JJM —

  It is amazing how we begin to change once we put our life vision (what we want to “be”) as well as our life mission (what we need to do in order to “be”) in writing and on paper and review our vision/mission on a daily basis. The simple acts of writing and reviewing…

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Define Yourself

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

— Robert Frost —

  Are you defining yourself or is your past or someone else defining you? Choose victory and not victim-hood. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Deuteronomy 20:4, “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Joy In Work

When faced with a situation we do not like, we can change it, accept it or move on… A part of the leadership coaching process involves having those I coach do an inventory of their life.  During the inventory process, my clients complete a couple of assessments that indicates to me and to them what…

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Right

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

— Mark Twain —

  If you struggle with “right” you may want to take a look at what is driving you. Is there a power greater than you helping you with right, or do you allow the world to help you determine what is right? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for…

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Good Hours

To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

  This quote reminds me of the commercial for Direct T.V. that was airing a couple of years ago about the man who attended a motivational conference and left feeling good about himself and because he felt good about himself he went to Vegas in hopes of feeling better and while in Vegas he lost…

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Live or Exist

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

— Oscar Wilde —

  Are you living or existing? I know what it is like to live and I have also existed…existing sucks. I started living the day I committed to taking care of my spiritual, mental and physical being on a daily basis. Living takes work, existing takes nothing. Are you working at living or dying to…

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Victory

There are really only two dimensions to the concept of attitude--you either behave as though you are a victim of circumstance, or you take full responsibility for your situation.

— Richard Rudd —

  Can you imagine what the United States of America would be like if we had a mandatory class in school called “Be a Victor and not a Victim?” It is much easier to play the victim role than it is the victor role because being a victor requires taking responsibility. Where are you most…

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Independence Day

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

— Erma Bombeck —

  Love this from Erma. Enjoy your day but most importantly enjoy and appreciate your freedom. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 5:13, “For you were called to freedom, brothers.  Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”

Smile and Grow

I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.

— Thomas Paine —

  I love that type of man or woman too! Dang, I cannot stand whiners…of course those traits we most dislike in others were most likely traits we once owned…maybe it’s just me. 🙂 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Timothy 2:12, “if we endure, we will also reign with Him.”