Steps

Each day your life is taking steps toward success or failure; it's your choice.

— JJM —

  Success is simple, but it takes action. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 16:3, “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”  (ESV)

ALL MEANS ALL

It's impossible to have all of God if I don't give him all of me.

— JJM —

  P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”

Reality

A time of turbulence is a dangerous time, but its greatest danger is a temptation to deny reality.

— Peter Drucker —

  Drucker was the 20th century guru of utilizing management in order to create a fine tuned organization.  Although his quote was directed at business it also may be applied to your personal life. Building strong character, whether it be the character of an organization or department you are leading, or your own life, requires…

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Strong Humble Actions = Meek

Strong + Humble Actions = Meek P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Matthew 5:5, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”  (ESV) …meek doesn’t mean we are to be doormats, it is simply about being quietly confident because we know there is a God and it isn’t us.

Things and Ourselves

Narcissists remain levelheaded until you speak logic, reason and truth. That's when they loudly claim that you're unbalanced.

— Unknown —

  Yesterday I wrote about less being more. That doesn’t mean I don’t like nice things it simply means too many nice things (for me) equates into a loss of focus on what I need to do for Him. The devil loves for us to focus on anything other than God. In fact the devil’s…

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Simple is More

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

— Dag Hammaskjold —

  Can you say humility? The longer I live the more I realize less is more…and this is coming from someone who almost died from a mentality of “too much is not enough.” 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)

Misfortune or Fortunate?

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

— Washington Irving —

  One of many breakthroughs that has taken place in my life was the day I finally figured out the fact that misfortune was simply a part of life. There are things that happen in life that are out of our control.  Accepting life on life’s terms and letting go of things outside my realm…

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Work and Wait

Great things come to those who wait but continue to work their butts off while waiting.

— JJM —

Yesterday I achieved a goal I set for myself a couple of years ago.  I completed a ½ Ironman Triathlon distance race twice in one month…so I could say I did a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run) in one month. This particular goal took me three years longer than I wanted because…

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Success and Fire

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

— Arnold H. Glasgow —

  It always amazes me how much a dream with a plan turns a life or a business on fire. Discipline and focus keeps the fire lit. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Chronicles 16:11, “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”

Bad or Good Men?

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them.

— Unknown —

  I love this quote! This is why it is so important to do an ongoing inventory of our life and be honest with ourselves and when we see a character defect we name it, claim it and dump it. …that my friends is how you always grow and evolve…much easier said than done. P.E.A.C.E….

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