Category: Effort

Success and Fire

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

— Arnold H. Glasgow —

  It always amazes me how much a dream with a plan turns a life or a business on fire. Discipline and focus keeps the fire lit. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Chronicles 16:11, “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”

Small Disciplines

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

— John Maxwell —

  Next Sunday I will be doing another 1/2 Ironman Triathlon which consist of a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile run…I’m not boasting but seeking your prayer support as this distance usually means I am working the “old” heart for 6 solid hours and also missing lunch. 🙂 I’ve…

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Mats

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

— Les Brown —

  Thanks Les!  Once I figured this out I could get to work with God and begin designing a life for my family and I. So often we forget no one can pick up our mats (read the scripture below) for us.  We have to make the decision to pick it up and seek God’s…

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One more time…

When the world cries "give up," hope whispers "try it one more time.

— Unknown —

  Do you give up too easy? Do you give up before you even try? Is the world telling you “no”, when your heart says “yes?” If you are mired in self-doubt and lack confidence, try asking God to give you strength to persevere.  And don’t just ask Him once.  Ask Him as early and as often…

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Luck

If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.

— Robert Brault —

  Or as Zig Ziglar once said; “The elevator to success is not running; you must climb the stairs.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 14:23, “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”  

Little=Great

Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.

— Mignon McLaughlin —

  Years ago our pharmacy had a tag line that went something like this; “Doing the little things right, allows us to soar above the rest. “ We sold medications to the frail elderly and there was no room for error.  We strived to always do the smallest of things right and it amazed me…

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Plowing takes work…

You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

— Unknown —

  God gave us a brain in order to create and add to His creation.  He didn’t give us a brain to fret, worry and over analyze. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 12:24, “One who is slack in his work is a close relative of one who destroys.”  

Work

All the so called 'secrets of success' will not work unless you do.

— Unknown —

  Nothing will help you achieve the goals of your God-Purpose more quickly than good old fashioned work. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 20:4, “Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.”  

Move Outside

He who is outside his door has the hardest part of the journey behind him.

— Dutch Proverb —

  The longer I live the more I realize that we find our “sweet spot” and purpose in life by continuously moving forward. Doing nothing will get you nothing. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 13:4, “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”

Action – Intelligence

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

— Napoleon Hill —

  It is also the real measure of faith…read what James has to say about it in the scripture below. James 2:14-26 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com