A Discipline of Purpose

The successful person has the habit of doing things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily; but their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.

— E.M. Gray —

  This is my favorite quote on discipline.  The last word of the quote is key and many people fail to identify their purpose in life and their life wanders aimlessly like a ship without a rudder. I’ve committed my 2016 posts to helping you make the most of yourself and that begins with finding…

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Fess Up

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.

— Harold Smith —

  Being a recovering drug addict and someone who has helped others with the disease of addiction, I know it is not the drugs and/or alcohol that eventually kills the user, it is denial. Today I know denial of the truth or denial of even wanting to know the truth is a common denominator among…

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Action over Fear and Worry

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

— Dale Carnegie —

  I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer but when I need to, I can work with the best of them and many times over the years I have “worked” my way through fear, worry and anxiety. What are your worrying about?  What do you fear? Name it, claim it, dump it…and get to…

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Worry or Fear?

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

— Mark Twain —

  We all have fear, it is an emotion/feeling all human beings have. How we handle our fear is the difference maker. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@Eaglelaunch Proverbs 4:6, “Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything.  Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” (NLT)

Balancing Doubt & Confidence

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

— Charles Bukowski —

  If I would have seen this quote thirty years ago I would have ignored it and thought it was absurd as I once was one of the most confident idiots I’ve ever known. “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?  There is more hope for a fool than for him.”  Proverbs…

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Faith or Worry

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

— Henry Ward Beecher —

  God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (other people, places and things), the courage to change the things I can (me, my attitude and my effort) and the wisdom to know the difference…wisdom “happens” once we effectively learn to accept what we can’t change and change what we can….

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Self Control

The difference between want and need is self control.

— Unknown —

  In a society where everything seems to be able to happen instantly, self control is the key to maintaining peace, sanity and progress. Having the ability to overcome the urge to act on the short term good in order to wait for the long term great seems to be a lost art these days…

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Prepare Your Fields

Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.

— Proverbs 24:27 (NLT) —

  Due to the instant gratification world we live in, I observe people building houses (their lives) with little to no planning and preparation. I do strategic planning with organizations and individuals for a living. It is not easy for people to plan. Strategic planning in its simplest form is casting a vision and creating…

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Fool Avoidance

Don't bother talking sense to fools they'll only poke fun at your words.

— Proverbs 23:9 (MSG) —

  2016 is all about making the most of ourselves and precious time is wasted every time we try to talk sense and reason to someone who is unwilling and/or unable to receive it. I learned from my own mistakes that the only time a human being is able to accept any type of correction…

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PENNIES IN HEAVEN…

For the one who stores treasures on Earth, death is loss, but for the one who stores treasures in Heaven, death becomes gain.

— Unknown —

  What is your treasure looking like these days? Are you storing it on earth or in heaven? I believe the best way to figure those questions out is to step back and take a look at what you are doing with your treasure.  Do you primarily invest in your own wants and needs or…

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