“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. The road of excellence often gets painful along the way. Excellence is an attitude. 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)
Category: Attitude
Expecting Greatness
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” – John Steinbeck When you set your new goals for the year, did you expect to achieve them or were you “hoping” that just maybe this was the year you were finally going to successfully achieve your New Year’s…
Daily focalPOINT
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” ~Harvey Firestone Are you leading and if you are, are you developing others? Are you motivating those you lead? Are you helping those you lead work through the pain of growth? Are you listening to those you lead?  Do you truly care about…
Daily focalPOINT
“Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming.” ~Jim Rohn Character, plain and simple is one’s ability to handle the demands of reality. Running from reality and/or creating your own reality is quite common in the addiction community…been there,…
Daily focalPOINT
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. “~Ben Franklin The best way to stay away from being a fool as described above, is to understand criticizing, condemning and complaining are simply vocal forms of laziness. If you don’t like what is going on then change it and if you can’t change…
Daily focalPOINT
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” ~Zig Ziglar There are only two things we can control and that is our effort and our attitude and the sooner you understand and begin living in such a way, the sooner you will be able to get focused and become the best person you can…
BHAG’S, BHAL’S and Your House
James 4:1, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” Well here it is, 2012! I am sure many of you have given thought to changes you want to make in the year of 2012. No one is more goal oriented, driven, disciplined and focused than…
Acceptance
I received an email from a friend asking for some advice about acceptance. Â He shared how he is going through a difficult time with a sibling. One of several defects of character of mine that came to the surface while going through the 12 Steps for the first time was my desire to control or…
More on Faith
James 2:8, “Come near to God and he will come near to you.” (NIV) James 2:10, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” (NIV) I was talking with a friend the other day and he shared with me his intent of focusing on hooking up with God the first thing in the…
seek first to Understand
YOURSELF! This thought came to me as I was listening to a close friend share her most recent victory with me in her continuing quest to grow beyond the beliefs and bondage of her past. On more than one occassion I’ve talked about our beliefs and how they control our thoughts and our thoughts are the…
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.