“In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” ~Robert Heinlein
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.
Rights
So I am on my way home from work Wednesday evening and my wife has notified me “I’m on my own” as far as dinner goes. Knowing I need to get some gift certificates for a friend’s Christmas present, I figured it would be time-effective to sit at the bar of my friend’s favorite restaurant,…
Proverbs 21:5
“Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” –Proverbs 21:5 (NLT) For those of you wondering why you are not prospering: …do you have a plan? …are you working hard? …are you avoiding the easier, softer way (i.e. shortcuts)?? Nuff Said. P.E.A.C.E. jay@eaglelaunch
PEG and an unconventional Winning Formula
Philippians 4:6-7, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (NIV) 1 John 5:5:, “Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who…
Proverbs 12 and God’s success formula…
A daily practice I started years ago during my devotion time is the reading and studying of the Proverb corresponding with the day of the month. Proverbs 12 is one of the shorter Proverbs but it contains a powerful recipe for success. Below is a stream of “success” virtues laid forth for us from Proverbs…
Acceptance
I received an email from a friend asking for some advice about acceptance. 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…
Attach a plan to your “Yes or No”
Proverbs 13:4, “The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.” (NKJV) (This is a continuation of “Yes or No”) A phrase I often say to myself is “the only thing separating success from failure is a plan reduced to writing.” Although having my…
Yes or No?
Matthew 5:37, “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’, and your ‘No’, ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” (NKJV) I can remember many years ago sitting in my group therapy session during the early parts of my treatment center stay and the counselor asked us how we felt. The decade…
Competing for the Spirit
Galatians 5:22, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” I facilitated a business course last week and what a blessing it is to be able to interact with people who are both creative and driven to success. Whenever I teach this course at some point…
Alignment
1 John 5:14-15; “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.” Back in my basketball playing days I spent hours studying the art…