Ephesians 6:4, “And fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” (Holman CSB) Back in the formative years of my adult life I spent way too much time Rocking and Rolling and the rolling consisted of me running away from my duties as a husband…
Category: Leadership
Daily focalPOINT – Innovation
“If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you.” ~Jim Rohn A trait I’ve noticed among successful people is an ongoing state of discomfort and restlessness. They are always in search of finding a better way of doing what they are doing. They are always open to looking at…
Daily focalPOINT – Temper
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” ~Robert Frost An attribute of a great leader is the ability to “temper” one’s anger. I recall a few years ago a leader telling me boldly, “I’ve got a bad temper; you just need to know that.” I thought…
Daily focalPOINT – The WHY
“Work performed at an enterprise to simply benefit the owner is called a job. Work performed at an enterprise to benefit the world is called a cause. The average worker gets much more excited and energized when he or she is working for a cause than when simply doing a job.” A few weeks ago…
Daily focalPOINT – Humble Leading
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.” ~William Temple In Jim Collin’s book “Good to Great” he shares a chart on what he considers the progression of a leader. Standing…
Daily focalPOINT – Communication
One of the key attributes of effective leadership is communication and communication is a two-way street. It is important to effectively share information and equally important to effectively process information. The greatest leaders I know are great communicators. One of my favorite “book mentors,” John Maxwell, has some great quotes around this topic: “People may…
Daily focalPOINT – Leading vs. Managing
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. …
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…
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.