Category: Personal Improvement

Come Alive

Posted August 6, 2020 - Dream, Personal Improvement

Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

— Howard Thurman —

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive…

Growing

Posted June 4, 2020 - Personal Improvement

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

— Henry Ward Beecher —

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started…

Growing With Jesus

Posted June 3, 2020 - Change, Personal Improvement

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

— Nelson Mandela —

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered…

Better

Posted January 31, 2020 - Personal Improvement

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

— Paulo Coelho —

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too…

Creating vs. Finding

Posted May 11, 2018 - Personal Improvement

Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.

— George Bernard Shaw —

Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself…

Genius

Posted May 10, 2018 - Personal Improvement

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

— Albert Einstein —

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid…

Beating Self

Posted May 3, 2018 - Personal Improvement

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies; for the hardest victory is victory over self.

— Aristotle —

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies; for the hardest victory is victory over self…

Open Mind

Posted June 22, 2016 - Open Mind, Personal Improvement, Perspective

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

— Oliver Wendell Homes Jr. —

“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The best way to stretch your mind is by having it open and ready to catch new ideas. How open is your mind? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com James 1:5, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask god, who…

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Work and Wait

Posted September 28, 2015 - Achievement, Action, Adversity, Attitude, Challenges, Character, Community, Confidence, Courage, Discipline, Dream, Effort, Energy, Excellence, Excuses, Faith, Focus, Holy Spirit, Patience, Perseverance, Personal Improvement, Prioritize-Prepare-Plan, Success, Time management

Great things come to those who wait but continue to work their butts off while waiting.

— JJM —

Yesterday I achieved a goal I set for myself a couple of years ago.  I completed a ½ Ironman Triathlon distance race twice in one month…so I could say I did a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run) in one month. This particular goal took me three years longer than I wanted because…

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