“I only hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” ~Michelangelo My desires are what get me up in the morning. The day I quit desiring to grow is the day I will be on the other side of the grass. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord and he…
Category: Life Issues
Daily focalPOINT – Humility
“Humility is greatness in plain clothes.” ~Spencer Kimball The Proverb for today reminds me of the importance of staying humble especially if you are in a leadership role: Pride ends in humiliation while humility brings honor. (Proverbs 29:23) A great way to test your humility is to keep track of how often you need to…
Daily focalPOINT – Self-Esteem, Book Mentors and Diamond Nuggets
The following is from one of my “book mentors”-Denis Waitley. He, along with Tom Hopkins were my first book mentors and date back to the early 80’s. I can remember reading Waitley’s “Seeds of Greatness” when I was an active alcoholic and drug addict and the reading of that book helped spark the beginning of…
Daily focalPOINT – Stick-to-it-ness
Jim Rohn once said; “the twin killers of success are impatience and greed.” I was talking with a friend the other day and ask him how his goal of getting out of debt was going. His reply, “oh that was last year’s goal, this year we decided to refinance our house, buy a new car…
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 – Growth
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them and strong enough to correct them.” ~John Maxwell Sorry to all my faithful followers over the past couple of days. I’m trying some new things with the formatting etc… and know just enough to be dangerous. I’m back to…
Daily focalPOINT – Funnel Vision
Daily focalPOINT – Seeds and Thinking
…if you aren’t happy with your harvest, change the seeds you sow and your seeds will only change when your thinking changes… So many people try to talk their way out of something they have behaved themselves into. We behave as we think and if we want to change our life and the direction it…
Daily focalPOINT – Take a look at yourself…
“The day I stop sinning is the day I have the right to judge and help others to stop sinning…and this will happen when hell freezes over.” “Sin is not the metric we use to measure others’ lives but instead the metric we use to measure our own lives.” “The less my focus on recognizing…
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…
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.