Change and Ruts

People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them.

— Condorcet —

  Over the years I’ve witnessed a fair share of people who are born into a negative life-cycle and for one reason or another they never take the time to change it.  It is not that they don’t want to change, but most of the time they simply do not know how to change. Real…

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Living

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

— Fritz Perls —

  Fritz, I believe you’ve just shared a couple of keys in experiencing true serenity. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Matthew 6:33-34, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Party Alignment

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

— G.B. Shaw —

  What I would give to have but 10% of the depth of George Bernard Shaw’s thought process. I see way too much human “reasonableness” in our country’s political system these days.  People align with a party and let the party do their thinking for them. My “party” is Jesus (the most unreasonable person to…

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Paths

Don't think you're on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.

— Author Unknown —

  It is important to take time, step back, take a look at the road you are on and ask yourself, “Is this where I really want my life to be going?” Life is way too short to stay on a path just because everyone else is on it. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Matthew 7:13-14

Paint It and Live It

Paint the picture you would like your life to become and then do the things you need to do one step at a time, and one day at a time in order for the picture to become your life.

— JJM —

  It is amazing how we begin to change once we put our life vision (what we want to “be”) as well as our life mission (what we need to do in order to “be”) in writing and on paper and review our vision/mission on a daily basis. The simple acts of writing and reviewing…

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Winner Vision

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.

— Unknown —

  What are you “seeing” these days? If you don’t like what you are seeing, it may be time to put on a new set of glasses and choose to view the world differently. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com John 9:39, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who…

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Mats

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

— Les Brown —

  Thanks Les!  Once I figured this out I could get to work with God and begin designing a life for my family and I. So often we forget no one can pick up our mats (read the scripture below) for us.  We have to make the decision to pick it up and seek God’s…

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Define Yourself

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

— Robert Frost —

  Are you defining yourself or is your past or someone else defining you? Choose victory and not victim-hood. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Deuteronomy 20:4, “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Joy In Work

When faced with a situation we do not like, we can change it, accept it or move on… A part of the leadership coaching process involves having those I coach do an inventory of their life.  During the inventory process, my clients complete a couple of assessments that indicates to me and to them what…

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Under Your Feet

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

— James Openheim —

  I believe the “foolish man” Openheim is talking about is the person who seeks happiness through the “happenings” in his or her life…been there done that and have the stomach ulcer to prove it. If you find yourself needing to buy happiness or making friends for happiness or being popular for happiness or simply…

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