Category: Life Issues

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…

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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…

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Discipline follows Purpose

“The successful person has the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do.  They don’t like doing them either necessarily; but their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.” ~E.M. Gray This is my favorite quote on discipline.  The last word of the quote is key and many people fail to identify…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest”.  ~Confucius Today I know wisdom is best developed through experience and experience is only gained by taking action.  When taking action, we must realize there will be criticism,…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“The wisest of the wise know what they don’t know.” ~Jay Meyer …nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 17:28, “Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent”  (NIV)

Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“To a great extent, the people with whom you choose to associate influence the direction of your life.” If you want to be wise, hang out with wise. Every morning I “hang out” with Solomon in the book of Proverbs and Jesus in the gospels.  A couple of very wise men. Who are you hanging…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“Those who confess ignorance show it once.  The person who conceals it shows it many times.” I have found one of the best ways to grow wise is to have the courage to ask questions.  A major roadblock in asking questions is a fear of sharing our ignorance to the world. Jesus gives us a…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.”  ~Mary Wilson Little Wisdom does not just happen.  It takes time to acquire knowledge and even more time to develop wisdom which is putting knowledge to work. Show me a man who surrounds…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom*

“More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.”  ~Harold Smith Being a recovering drug addict and someone who has helped others with the disease of addiction, I know it is not the drugs and/or alcohol that eventually kills the user, it is denial. Denial damn near killed me as…

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