My professional life involves much travel these days. Over the past 2 months I have experienced flight delays more than 50% of the time. Believe it or not, I am sitting at the airport going through yet another delay. I thought I would make good use of this most recent delay and talk about my…
Category: Attitude
Focus
Focus is paramount in achieving our dreams and goals and our focus becomes blurred and distracted when we focus on things we have no control over. The former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who is undoubtedly the greatest college basketball coach of all time, often told others that he very seldom spent time worrying about…
Success is a choice
Every week I share a “Thought for the Week” on EagleLaunch. Most of the time this thought is more of a reminder to me than it is to others. It usually has something to do with what is going on in my life at the time I write it. After posting this week’s thought “Successful…
Letting go and Harvesting
There is a saying “if you get caught up in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect those things over which you can control.” The last couple of months of my life have been wrought with situations I would have loved to have had some control over, but I didn’t. Today,…
“Unoffendable”
I remember talking to a person years ago and he would say how he used to be so into himself that he could be in a room of 50 people and if 49 of the people treated him well, those 49 people would end up getting overshadowed by the 1 person who did not treat…
Living through the sadness…
Lately, it seems as though I have been as sad as I have ever been while in recovery. Sometimes you do not realize how close you are to someone until they are gone. That was obviously the case with me and my buddy Joe. Saddness has certainly been the order of the day for me…
God is God
Recently Romans 8:28 keeps appearing to me in various places; “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” A couple of days ago I finally had an epiphany about the tragic loss of my buddy Joe as I thought “God can do…
living by FAITH
The 22nd annual 5th and 6th grade overnighter for Covington kids was just completed yesterday. This is something I’ve been a part of since it’s inception. I remember being just a few months sober when I saw an ad in the local newspaper. It was an open invitation to anyone interested in helping the youth…
Making tomorrow better…
“All I want from tomorrow, is to get it better than today” sang Huey Lewis in his song “Jacob’s Ladder” back in the late 80’s. Jacob’s ladder is a spiritual song that reminds me of the step by step process of the 12 steps. The 12 steps are a great way to rid ourselves of anything we…
What are you “looking” like these days?
A couple of weeks ago I went to Las Vegas on business. I don’t particularly like Vegas but I try to make the most of it while I am there. One thing I do enjoy about Vegas is getting up at day break and running the strip. I run for 60 minutes every day while…
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.