“Your life is a print-out of your thoughts.” ~Steve Maraboli Years ago when I was trying to learn how to stay sober a day at a time, someone in a 12 Step Meeting stated, “Us alcoholics have  a thinking problem, not a drinking problem.” Those of us who’ve been to the depths of hell because…
Category: Excellence
Daily focalPOINT – Going Deeper
Being wise often means having no need to say a word and having people understand what you aren’t saying… The Proverb for today contains a few more nuggets about what it takes to go from being dumb to adding depth (see yesterday’s blog) to your life. Proverb 19:8; “Those who get wisdom love their own lives;…
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
“The only thing I strive to be perfect at in my life is to always try to learn a lesson from my failures.” ~Jay Meyer …and I sure have learned a lot over the years… 🙂 Oh and one other thing…the first step in being able to learn from our failures is to admit them….
Daily focalPOINT
“To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest of detail.” ~Giorgio Armani Back in my business days we once had a tagline that went something like this, “doing the little things right allows us to soar above the rest.” The little things-when done right-turn into big things done EXCELLENTLY…hmm…sounds like…
Daily focalPOINT
“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” ~Brian Tracy …although I love this quote I would add…”backed by definite plans, created with the help of wise counsel and fueled by God…” Do you have a vision? Have you committed it to a plan? Have you…
Daily focalPOINT
“Success is not about whether or not you’ve been dealt a good hand. Success is about how well you play the hand you’ve been dealt.” ~Dennis Waitley …hmm so success is pretty much a choice… An exercise I always have my clients go through is defining what “Success” means to them as everyone’s definition is…
Daily focalPOINT-Excellence*
“Small minds and small people talk about things, average minds and average people talk about other people, great minds and great people talk about dreams, goals, ideas and concepts.” ~Tom Hopkins How great is your mind? Greatness and excellence in your life will only happen if you choose to spend time with the right people,…
Daily focalPOINT-Excellence*
“No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.” ~Horace I’m into my 7th decade of breathing air on this earth and still spend at least 20 hours a week studying and preparing for everything I do. With that…
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.