Growing Great

No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick —

FOCUSED…DEDICATED…DISCIPLINED

All three require you to decide what’s a priority and what is not. Once you choose, you need to focus, dedicate, and discipline your life around your priorities.

Every morning, I write a gratitude list, and my first four are always the same: Jesus, Health, Lori, and Kids/Grandkids.

A person can build a pretty good life if they are focused, dedicated, and disciplined around their relationship with Christ, their health, spouse, and family.

I write from experience.

P.E.A.C.E.

Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Hebrews 12:11, “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”  (ESV)


AFFIRM YOUR P.E.A.C.E.

Plan – A dream remains a dream until you write it down. Putting your dream or goal in writing is the first step in creating a PLAN to achieve it. When you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Effort—Turning your dream/goal into reality requires a commitment to consistent and focused effort toward executing your plan. Nothing great in life happens without working hard.

Attitude—If you believe you will achieve your dream, your chances of achieving it increase exponentially. Remember that your attitude determines your altitude in all areas of your life.

Community – Nothing great in life happens by doing it alone. The chances of achieving your dream expand as your COMMUNITY of positive mentors and coaches expand. You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with–and yes, spending time with “people” through books and instructional videos factors into your “average.”

Energy – Chasing and achieving your dream requires optimal mental, physical, and spiritual ENERGY. So put your dream in God’s hands and nurture your mental and physical being.

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