The less I think I know the more I can learn and the more I learn the more I can understand and the more I try to understand the more I can learn to love and accept others right where they are and the more I can learn to love and accept others right where…
Category: Discipline
Daily focalPOINT – God Delays
“Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.” ~Georges-Louis Leclerc Have you ever “made” something happen and wish you didn’t? You know what I mean; you decided to cheat “a little,” maybe cut a few corners, or maybe “muscle” your way through a situation all your…
Daily focalPOINT – Great is a Process
“It isn’t hard to be great from time to time in sports. What’s tough is being great every day.” ~Willie Mays Aspiring to be great is not a one time thing, it’s an all the time thing where more times than not we fall short but we slowly separate ourselves from just being good. Achieving “great”…
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 – Self-Discipline
“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. “ ~Clint Eastwood I often think most people take better care of their pets and/or their cars than they take care of themselves. Show me a person who is well groomed, vibrant, fun to be…
Daily focalPOINT – Self-Discipline
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” ~Horace Habits are created out of repetitive actions; actions from thoughts; thoughts from beliefs. If we want to rule our minds, as Horace notes, we need to rule our thoughts but our thoughts will not change if our beliefs do not change. Many years ago I realized…
Daily focalPOINT – Self Discipline
The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the…
Daily focalPOINT – Self-Discipline
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” ~Jim Rohn A simple piece of advice I often give to young people who are contemplating their future and agonizing over making the right decision is; “do something.” Doing something keeps us moving, it helps us…
Daily focalPOINT – Self-Discipline
“Anyone can master others. It is a true leader who has mastered himself.” ~Jay Meyer Mastering yourself requires the ability to get honest with yourself and a great place to begin is by taking a personal inventory of all the things you do that you would like to stop doing. Then make a list of…
Daily focalPOINT – Self Discipline
“The first and best victory is to conquer self.” ~Plato I believe you will agree with me self-discipline is not easy. As I mentioned yesterday the beginning of self-discipline is a focused purpose in your life. If your purpose is to sit around and do nothing then you will not need any self-discipline. I have found…
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.