Daily focalPOINT – More on Wisdom

“I ain’t perfect and never will be but if I’m not aspiring for daily progress I will fall back into the cycle of daily digress.”  ~JJM The brain is like any other muscle in the body it needs stretched if it is going to grow in wisdom and understanding. As I mentioned yesterday, Proverbs 3…

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Daily focalPOINT – Conflict

“Conflict cannot survive without your participation.”  ~Wayne Dyer If you are one who is always in confict with something the conflict is not about something it is about you. Life is so much easier when I choose to accept the things I cannot change, change the things I can and walk away with grace from…

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Daily focalPOINT – Temper

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”  ~Robert Frost An attribute of a great leader is the ability to “temper” one’s anger. I recall a few years ago a leader telling me boldly, “I’ve got a bad temper; you just need to know that.”  I thought…

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Daily focalPOINT – Life and Death

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life.  A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”  ~Mark Twain I was reminded of this quote after my home town lost yet another friend prematurely due to an auto accident. Although death sucks no matter how you look at it there…

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Daily focalPOINT – Circumstance

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.  I don’t believe in circumstances.  The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”  ~George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, 1893. I couldn’t agree with…

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Daily focalPOINT – God Delays

“Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials.  Hold on; hold fast; hold out.  Patience is genius.”  ~Georges-Louis Leclerc Have you ever “made” something happen and wish you didn’t?  You know what I mean; you decided to cheat “a little,” maybe cut a few corners, or maybe “muscle” your way through a situation all your…

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Thanks…

…to all who’ve sacrificed or put their lives on the line in order that we may have the freedoms we enjoy in our great country.  You are all very much appreciated and beyond worthy of carrying the title of “hero.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Daily focalPOINT – Great is a Process

“It isn’t hard to be great from time to time in sports.  What’s tough is being great every day.”  ~Willie Mays Aspiring to be great is not a one time thing, it’s an all the time thing where more times than not we fall short but we slowly separate ourselves from just being good. Achieving “great”…

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Daily focalPOINT – The WHY

“Work performed at an enterprise to simply benefit the owner is called a job.  Work performed at an enterprise to benefit the world is called a cause.  The average worker gets much more excited and energized when he or she is working for a cause than when simply doing a job.” A few weeks ago…

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