“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping old ones.” ~John Maynard Keynes Being a leader today is not real easy unless you are willing to let go of old ways of doing things. Leadership is about influence and motivation and getting people to do something better than they ever thought…
Category: Leadership
Daily focalPOINT – Humility
“Humility is greatness in plain clothes.” ~Spencer Kimball The Proverb for today reminds me of the importance of staying humble especially if you are in a leadership role: Pride ends in humiliation while humility brings honor. (Proverbs 29:23) A great way to test your humility is to keep track of how often you need to…
Daily focalPOINT – Self-Esteem, Book Mentors and Diamond Nuggets
The following is from one of my “book mentors”-Denis Waitley. He, along with Tom Hopkins were my first book mentors and date back to the early 80’s. I can remember reading Waitley’s “Seeds of Greatness” when I was an active alcoholic and drug addict and the reading of that book helped spark the beginning of…
Daily focalPOINT – Stick-to-it-ness
Jim Rohn once said; “the twin killers of success are impatience and greed.” I was talking with a friend the other day and ask him how his goal of getting out of debt was going. His reply, “oh that was last year’s goal, this year we decided to refinance our house, buy a new car…
Daily focalPOINT – Influence
If you are having trouble reading the content of this blog please click on:Â https://www.eaglelaunch.com/daily-focalpoint-influence 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.”
Daily focalPOINT – Living Life
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.” ~John Maxwell …and when we take responsibility for our attitude we take responsibility for our life and it is then and only then we begin living life instead of allowing life…
Daily focalPOINT – Direction
“If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading.” ~John Maxwell Yesterday I wrote about the importance of having positive daily rituals in order to grow in all aspects of life. A great way to make evident the need to create positive rituals is to take…
Daily focalPOINT – Ritual Growth
“The law of process says–leaders develop daily, not in a day.” ~John Maxwell I can usually tell how effective of a leader a person is or may become by asking them about their daily rituals focused on personal growth. Leadership begins with personal leadership. You can only lead others as far as you’ve led yourself….
Daily focalPOINT – More on Leading
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” ~John Maxwell Nuff said… P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Chronicles 15:7, “But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”
Daily focalPOINT – Ratings
“Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.†– Francis Duc de la Rochefoucauld Usually the people who say it can’t be done are the ones who’ve never done anything beyond the norm. Take an inventory of who you are drawing wisdom from these days. Are their minds first rate or second rate? Do they…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.