Last week I spent two days with a group of aspiring leaders who currently serve as managers for their organizations. Whenever I get around people with a desire to grow and learn I get amped up as I love to help people grow. Thus the reason for my recent thread of blogs focused on leadership. …
Category: Leadership
Daily focalPOINT – Leading and People Value
“To add value to others, one must first value others.” ~John Maxwell All great organizations become great through the ongoing growth of their people and people have a better chance in growing if leadership views them as something of value and not just a means to an end. I tried my best to view each…
Daily focalPOINT – More on Leading
“The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.” ~Ken Blanchard Years ago I was talking with a business owner about titles and he said to me, “Jay I don’t give people titles, because titles give them the impression they have authority and I don’t want them to have authority and in-turn forget who the…
Daily focalPOINT – Leading Begins and Ends With Me
Leaders can only lead others as far as they’ve led themselves. Therefore if you want to be a great leader you must never stop growing your leadership capabilities… If you read the quote above and thought, “well I am not a leader so this doesn’t pertain to me” …please read on. Every human being, unless…
Daily focalPOINT – Struggles
Paul Coelho says; …there is suffering in life… …and there are defeats… …no one can avoid them… But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.†P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Joshua 1:9, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and…
Daily focalPOINT – Direction
“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” ~Jim Rohn This quote makes me think of the most effective coaches and leaders I’ve been around and read about. They teach as much as they preach (a.k.a. scream). If…
Daily focalPOINT – Human Endowments
“Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.” ~Stephen Covey …this is why God called us humans and not animals. So many people are not aware of these four endowments and run their lives on…
Daily focalPOINT – On Leading
“The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. I’m sure I’ve used this quote before, but it is one of my favorites and is helpful to remind me of what true leadership is…
Daily focalPOINT – Self Motivation
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” ~Zig Ziglar How many times have you left a motivational offering or read something that moved you and you immediately feel the blood flowing the brain cranking and you can hardly wait to get home and make…
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.