“Take risks: If you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” ~Unknown Some of the best things I’ve done in my life began with taking the first step regardless of what the world perceived as “risk” involved…based on the quote above…I’ve led a pretty happy and wise life. Are you…
Category: Leadership
Daily focalPOINT – Real Change
The gambler limped over to his Master and asked, “I was caught cheating yesterday, so my partners beat me up and threw me out of the window. What would you advise me to do?” The master looked straight through the man and replied, “If I were you, from now on I would play on the…
Daily focalPOINT – Finger Pointing
“The real leader has no need to lead-he is content to point the way.” ~Henry Miller I enjoy observing people in positions of leadership. One thing I have noticed over the years is there are a lot more positions of leadership in the world than there are real leaders to fill those positions. If this…
Daily focalPOINT – The “C” Words
“Leaders need to inspire confidence, and they do that, not with charisma, but with competence.” ~John Maxwell Last week a business colleague of mine said to me; “Jay, as far as I am concerned there are two keys to being an effective leader: One-your team needs to know and believe you care about them; Two-the…
Daily focalPOINT – Leading Self
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” ~Epictetus Last week a young man I am mentoring was picking my brain on leadership. We talked for an extended period of time as I gave him every last bit of wisdom (knowledge with experience attached to it) about leadership…
Daily focalPOINT – Patience
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ~St. Augustine …I learned this one the hard way on more than one occassion. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Romans 8:25, “But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”
Daily focalPOINT – Vita Nova
“The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their…
Daily focalPOINT – Reputation
“The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” ~Socrates P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com About P.E.A.C.E. –> In his years of working with and observing and studying successful men and women who strive for excellence in all aspects of their lives, Jay noticed they have 6 common traits. People of excellence have…
Daily focalPOINT – Leading Art
“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…
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…
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.