“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies; for the hardest victory is victory over self.” ~Aristotle The greatest victories I have over myself is when I am able to immediately adjourn “the committee in my head” meetings as soon as they begin. How about you? P.E.A.C.E Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm…
Category: Personal Improvement
Search & Aspire to Be…
Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be. ~Robert Brault Tomorrow starts another season of Lent. Although I’m not into religious rites, rituals and ceremonies, Lent has become an opportunity for me to give up something in order to draw closer to God which is my True Power…
4 Answers
To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying “Amen” to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep your soul alive. ~Robert Louis Stevenson If you have answers to the following 4 questions, you do not need to worry about what the world is telling you. 1. What am I…
3-to’s*
“People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them.” ~Condorcet Over the years I’ve witnessed a fair share of people who are born into a negative life-cycle and for one reason or another they never take the time to change…
Define Yourself*
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” ~Robert Frost Hmm…define yourself…if you are living aimlessly right now, you may want to take a look at defining yourself as you stand today and then defining your future self and then choose…
What’s Inside…*
“If, in fact, it is what’s inside us that makes all the difference, then the difference is made when we choose what goes inside.” ~Andy Andrews, The Traveler’s Gift …this is a continuation of yesterday’s blog…what you feed your mind, body and soul will be evident to those on the outside but most importantly to…
Daily focalPOINT – Get Past the Past
“One problem with gazing too frequently at the past is that we might turn around and find the future has run out on us.” ~Michael Cibenko As we get closer to beginning a new year it is important to move into 2013 without any extra baggage and there is no greater baggage than a past…
Daily focalPOINT – Acceptance
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” ~C.G. Jung P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Romans 8:28, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Daily focalPOINT – Changing Behavior
“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” ~Samuel Johnson I love this quote by Samuel Johnson and it is so true. Often we find when we still have the ability to break a habit we usually don’t have the desire to break it, but when…
Daily focalPOINT – Self Superiority
“The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.” ~Whitney Young A couple of “book mentors” of mine; John Maxwell and Jim Collins have summarized leadership and the art of leading into 5 levels. Although both summaries are…
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.