“Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you’re crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you’re lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you’re greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn’t understand.” ~Robert G. Allen …nuff said. Hang around with others who’ve been where you are trying to get to…they will…
Category: Excellence
Daily focalPOINT – Average
“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.” ~Theodore Roosevelt I can remember a friend years ago telling me he needed to learn how to be average. I asked him why and he said he was a perfectionist and his drive for perfectionism was literally…
Daily focalPOINT – Specific and Terrific
“You must be specific if you want to be terrific,” is one of my favorite quotes as I recall first seeing it almost 30 years ago while reading a book written by sales guru Tom Hopkins. I thought of this quote the other day during a good bike ride while listening to Zig Ziglar’s most…
Daily focalPOINT – My Source
I’m only as good as the last time I spent time with my Maker… I often write about the importance of having mentors and assume you all know who my number one mentor is but if you don’t it is God. God truly possesses infinite wisdom…I am a fool who writes from experience. A habit…
Daily focalPOINT – Ask
“The fool wonders, the wise person asks.” Disraeli How many times do we choose to do something on our own whether we know it is right or not in order to avoid looking foolish in asking for help and then when we do it our way, we do it wrong and look foolish anyway? The wise…
Conflict Is Good
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Silence, not dissent, is the one answer leaders should refuse to accept.  ~Warren Bennis Years ago I can remember coming up with the grand idea of meeting with all of my employees once a month.  Although I was a little green when it came to leading an organization, I knew I needed to do everything I…
Daily focalPOINT – Failure is subjective…
“You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.” ~John Maxwell I’ve said it before and I will say it again, failure is simply a step in the success formula. The people who “get this” are usually successful (realization of predetermined worthwhile goals). Those who don’t can label…
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…
Daily focalPOINT – unEXPECTED
“If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.â€Â ~Fay Weldon …nuff said P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 139:14, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.â€
Daily focalPOINT – Activity and Labor
One of my virtual “mentors” is Jim Rohn and I found this on his website yesterday: ACTIVITY & LABOR You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor. The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. Make rest a necessity, not an…
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.