“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…
Category: Prioritize-Prepare-Plan
Vision Motivation
Sometimes it is hard to believe I am considered a mentor to young leaders these days. First of all, it makes me feel old, which I am, and secondly it makes me realize how fast the days flew by from seasons before. Twice this week I witnessed fear-based leadership moments, i.e. motivating others through fear….
Creating Self instead of Finding Self
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. ~Thomas Szasz Nuff Said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 4:10, “Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.  I instruct you in the…
Successful
A few days ago a friend of mine sent me a gapingvoid cartoon/scribble that went like this: how to be successful————>Â 1. find out what matters————–> 2. find out who matters————> 3.carry on. Nuff Said! gapingvoid images may be found at www.gapinvoid.com…good stuff! P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Thessalonians 5:21, “But test everything; hold fast…
Purpose & Direction
“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.â€Â ~John F. Kennedy I’ve observed my fair share of lives and organizations where the effort and courage was there but time was never spent in creating a strategy (direction) based on a purpose. Amazing things happen when purpose and direction are defined and lived. If…
Shouldn’ts to Shoulds
“Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.” ~Mary Kay Ash What things have you been conned into thinking you “shouldn’t be able to do?” A vision with a plan in line with your priorities has helped many people overcome “the shouldn’ts,”…
More Creativity*
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” ~Erich Fromm I received this email from my friend Clark Miller, in response to my blog yesterday and wanted to share it with you: Creativity, I am convinced, takes many forms. For some, it is what we typically classify as art: painting, sculpture, pottery. But some…
Growing Less*
“If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.” ~Dag Hammaskjold The longer I live the more I realize less is more. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 116:6, “The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low he saved me.” (ESV)
Get a Wind by Making a Plan*
“To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.” ~Seneca …nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Habakkuk 2:2, “And the Lord answered me: ‘Write the vision; make it plain on tablet, so he may run who reads it.”
Vision to Reality is Simple*
Louis Nizer once said, “A man’s life is colored by the dye of his imagination.” Being somewhat of a visionary myself I understand there is a delicate balance between vision, which is intended to take us beyond what we know, and reality which is what we know. The key to any successful vision is execution. …
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.