Category: Personal Improvement

Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”  ~William James This quote applies to any leadership position whether it be the leader of an organization, a department in an organization, a family etc… Knowing what to overlook is an attribute which  evolves out of knowing, being in touch with and living your values….

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Daily focalPOINT – Creating vs. Finding

“Life isn’t about finding yourself; it is about creating yourself.”  ~George Bernard Shaw The best way to truly find yourself is by creating yourself and this will only happen by taking control of your life and making the most of your situation and your God given talents and gifts. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com James 1:17, “Every good…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wisdom

“As our need to have an “opinion” decreases, our ability to grow in wisdom and understanding increases.”  ~Jay Meyer This thought came to me as I was reading about wisdom in Proverbs 9 on April 9th. (A great way to grow in wisdom and faith is to read the Proverb matching the number of the…

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Daily focalPOINT

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.  I don’t believe in circumstances.  The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”   ~G.B. Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, 1893 Go out and make…

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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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