Category: Effort
Happy Dad’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day! On this 2014 Father’s Day morning, I am “treating” myself to a Triathlon at beautiful Maummee Bay State Park on the shores of Lake Erie. The triathlon I am participating in today is a special one for me. First of all it is Father’s Day and next to being a husband, there…
Gravity
“We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.” ~Jim Rohn My battle against this downward pull is to always have a plan. If you don’t have a plan someone else’s…
Happen
“People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” ~Elinor Smith There are three types of people in the world: 1. Those that make things happen. 2. Those who watch things happen. 3. Those who say “what the heck happened?” Which one are you? P.E.A.C.E….
Effort and Prints
“Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.” ~Unknown “Butt-prints on the couch are made by sitting down.” ~Skip Jackson “Much effort, much prosperity.” ~Euripides “No effort, no prosperity, know effort, know prosperity.” ~Jay Meyer 🙂 There are no shortcuts to success. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 24:27, “Prepare your work outside; get…
Obstacles and Excellence
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” Are you always looking for the path of least resistance? Excellence is often developed through the effective handling of the obstacles and challenges that come with living life. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 13:4, “Lazy people want much but get little, but those…
Excellence is a Process
“No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.” ~Horace P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 15:14, “A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash.” (NLT)
Growth and Death
Many people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they are 75. ~Benjamin Franklin P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.”
Daily focalPOINT – Burning Desire*
“Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.” ~Wilferd A. Peterson Success is built one minute at a time. You are either investing in the minutes the good Lord has blessed you with or wasting them. Nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 14:23, “In all…
Daily focalPOINT – Diligence*
“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.” ~Dr. Samuel Johnson We live in a “quick fix” society and somewhere along the way people seem to have forgotten that the only way to become great at something is through diligent focus and practice. The only way to it,…
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.