Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. ~Samuel Johnson Some of my greatest lessons on perseverance not only took place on the basketball floor when I had an opponent I was competing against and fans to cheer me on; but in the gymnasium and weight room when I was all by myself…
Category: Life Issues
Daily focalPOINT – Perseverance
“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.” ~Tom Hopkins When I reflect on my business career I would guess we…
Daily focalPOINT – Perseverance*
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality, the other a matter of time.” The road to excellence will be littered with setbacks and failures…accept this fact, learn from the setbacks, get back up, brush yourself off and move on. Often the difference between success and failure is one more…
Edge Time
If you haven’t figured it out yet, one of my new goals for 2012 is to try to provide a “nugget” of inspiration every day in order to help you stay on course toward achieving greatness in all aspects of your life. Hopefully you all know what my P.E.A.C.E. acrostic stands for. Many years ago…
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,…
Clarification-Misc. Thoughts
In a previous blog I made reference to the fact I’ve lived in 7 decades not that I’ve been alive for 7 decades. Born in 1959. I’m going on 30/23. With that being said, I need to let all you young pups know, once you reach 50 you begin to think about death a lot…
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…
Daily focalPOINT-Excellence
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” Are you always looking for the path of least resistance? Are you avoiding life by drinking and drugging or using some other form of addictive/self-medicating behavior? Understand excellence is often developed through the effective handling of the obstacles and challenges in…
Daily focalPOINT – Excellence*
“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” ~Colin Powell P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 13:4, “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” (NLT)
Daily focalPOINT-Excellence*
“We are what we repeatedly do; excellence then is not an act but a habit.” ~Aristotle Excellence is simply doing the next right thing, one step at a time. It is a process, not an event. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 13:4, “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.”
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.