God’s Purpose or My Purpose?

Where God is, the ego cannot be.

— Deepak Chopra —

  From my personal experience I know it is impossible to enjoy balance, joy and peace as well as true success in life without being aligned with God’s will. Ego is definitely “easing God out,” and when I ease God out I am letting Jay in and when Jay is the center of my universe…

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Egotism

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

— Frank Leahy —

  If you find yourself continuously having to explain yourself and justify your thoughts, word and deeds, as well as bring attention to yourself, then there is a good chance you are doing nothing but anesthetizing your stupidity…just a life experience diagnosis from Dr. Meyer.  🙂 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@eaglelaunch.com Luke 14:11, “For all those who exalt…

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Humility

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.

— Charles Spurgeon —

  Every morning I receive an email that includes a piece of writing from C.S. Lewis.  A couple of days ago I received the following and just needed to share it with you because it is very good. The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It…

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Egarrogance

Ego and arrogance (egarrogance...you won't find it in Webster's) are poison to personal and/or organizational growth. Their antidote is humility.

— JJM —

  I’m 56 years old and not a day goes by where I am not trying to learn something new. I’ve witnessed a fair share of lives and organizations stunted in their growth because of the twin poisons of ego and arrogance which often tell us we “know everything.” I learned many years ago the…

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Balance and Boundaries

Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.

— Betty Jacobson —

  Know Boundaries, Know Peace.  No Boundaries, No Peace….I write from experience. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Hebrews 13:5, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have.”  

Balance Wheels

Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.

— Orison Swett Marden —

  How are these three wheels looking for you?

More Balance

No matter how busy you are, or how busy you think you are, the work will always be there tomorrow, but friends and family might not be.

— Unknown —

  Life is short. John 6:27, “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.” P.E.A.C.E. jay@eaglelaunch.com

Chase or Attract

Work hard, but give time to your love, family and friends. Because nobody will remember presentations, meetings, degrees and overtime on our death.

— Unknown —

  When I saw this quote I was reminded of two types of people. There are chasers and there are attractors. Have you noticed them? Which one are you? The chasers are always in pursuit of “something.”  The attractors usually have others in pursuit of them. Chasers are usually uncomfortable in their own skin thus…

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Why am I Living?

If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.

— Thomas Merton —

  In our 3rd Thursday leadership group I often share with the group the 3 questions we must all ask ourselves and create answers to: 1.  Why am I here? (Purpose) 2.  What do I stand for? (Principles) 3.  How am I doing? (Progress) The final question Merton poses in his quote above will be…

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Balance

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of you life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

— Zig Ziglar —

  …need I say more? Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” P.E.A.C.E Jay@EagleLaunch.com