“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~Friedrich Nietsche I am preparing a presentation for a group of 5th and 6th…
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 – Peers
“You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.”  ~Jim Rohn Ever wonder why you think the way you do? Take a look at who you are hanging out with and this includes the “people” on T.V., in books and on tapes. A few people I spend time with every…
Daily focalPOINT – Priorities
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” ~Goethe Do you know what your priorities are? A great way to avoid the temptation of immersing yourself into things “which matter least” is to have your top three to five priorities for your life in writing and visible and…
Daily focalPOINT – Happiness
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.†~Dennis Waitley Hmm…don’t think I can add anything to this one Mr. Waitley. 🙂 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of…
Daily focalPOINT – Perseverance*
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality, the other a matter of time.” The road to excellence will be littered with setbacks and failures…accept this fact, learn from the setbacks, get back up, brush yourself off and move on. Often the difference between success and failure is one more…
Edge Time
If you haven’t figured it out yet, one of my new goals for 2012 is to try to provide a “nugget” of inspiration every day in order to help you stay on course toward achieving greatness in all aspects of your life. Hopefully you all know what my P.E.A.C.E. acrostic stands for. Many years ago…
Daily focalPOINT-Excellence*
“Small minds and small people talk about things, average minds and average people talk about other people, great minds and great people talk about dreams, goals, ideas and concepts.” ~Tom Hopkins How great is your mind? Greatness and excellence in your life will only happen if you choose to spend time with the right people,…
Daily focalPOINT-Excellence*
“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 I’m into my 7th decade of breathing air on this earth and still spend at least 20 hours a week studying and preparing for everything I do. With that…
Daily focalPOINT-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? Are you avoiding life by drinking and drugging or using some other form of addictive/self-medicating behavior? Understand excellence is often developed through the effective handling of the obstacles and challenges in…
Daily focalPOINT – Excellence*
“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” ~Colin Powell P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Proverbs 13:4, “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” (NLT)