“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” ~Robert Frost An attribute of a great leader is the ability to “temper” one’s anger. I recall a few years ago a leader telling me boldly, “I’ve got a bad temper; you just need to know that.” I thought…
Category: P.E.A.C.E.
The acronym P.E.A.C.E. serves as a simple way to become the best you can be at everything you do.
Daily focalPOINT – Circumstance
“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.” ~George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, 1893. I couldn’t agree with…
Daily focalPOINT – Purpose First
“Chase your God-purpose and provision will follow.” ~Michael Slaughter …or chase provision and you may change your net worth; but chase your purpose (with God as your partner) and you will change lives. Proverbs 23:5, “Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings aand fly off to…
Daily focalPOINT – Grow Your Know
“The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” ~Catherine the Great …so I guess the less a man forgives the less he knows… Today I know those who are in constant turmoil and at war with others are simply living in a very small world where they are always trying to fit others into…
Daily focalPOINT – Attitude
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” ~Thomas Jefferson If your attitude sucks take a look at what you are reading, the television you are watching and who you interact with. The devil works well in…
Daily focalPOINT – Begin at the End
“We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will only be truly effective when we begin with the end in mind.” ~Stephen Covey I often chuckle at how much time, energy and preparation people put into planning their vacations or social events but spend very little time on planning their lives. A…
Daily focalPOINT – Action
“What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.” ~Jason Fried I use my P.E.A.C.E. acronym as a simple approach to creating a successful life: “A Plan combined with solid Effort and an effective Attitude while being helpful and help-able in the key relationships from the people in your Community …
Daily focalPOINT – 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’…
Daily focalPOINT – Struggles
Paul Coelho says; …there is suffering in life… …and there are defeats… …no one can avoid them… But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Joshua 1:9, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and…
Daily focalPOINT – Respect
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” ~Ann Landers I love this quote from Ann Landers and I also believe the true measure of a leader is how he or she treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Whether you are trying…
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.