When I was young I was pretty skinny. As a freshman in high school I was 5′-6″ tall and weighed 105 pounds. I can remember how much I hated being called “stringbean” and I made up my mind I was going to do what I could to change my appearance. I began lifting weights back…
A hole in his soul…
Michael Jackson was my all time favorite artist. He was so creative and there was a spirit about his songs that lifted me up no matter how far down I was. His “Bad” album became part of my early recovery because even on my worst days “Bad” had a way of lifting me up. To…
Focus
Focus is paramount in achieving our dreams and goals and our focus becomes blurred and distracted when we focus on things we have no control over. The former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who is undoubtedly the greatest college basketball coach of all time, often told others that he very seldom spent time worrying about…
Quit talking and start walking…
Have you ever been involved in a conversation you could care less about? You know the one where 2 or 3 people are talking with excitement and fervor and you are standing there saying to yourself “I could care less” and even more “why are they wasting my time talking about something I have no…
Eating Elephant
There is a saying I often refer to when I or my team at work is faced with what seems like an insurmountable task, I ask the question; “how do you eat an elephant?” and then I give the answer; “one bite at a time.” My professional life has taken on a new twist with…
Success is a choice
Every week I share a “Thought for the Week” on EagleLaunch. Most of the time this thought is more of a reminder to me than it is to others. It usually has something to do with what is going on in my life at the time I write it. After posting this week’s thought “Successful…
Whom does your “outlet” please?
This past weekend I participated in my first triathlon of the year. It was a beautiful day and I won…which means I finished and I was still breathing air 🙂 This particular race was an Olympic distance triathlon and I will be doing a couple more of these as I build towards my ultimate goal…
The MAIN THING
I’m reading a book “How The Mighty Fail” by Jim Collins. Collins is known for his best selling books about business, “Built to Last” and “Good to Great.” In “How The Mighty Fail” Collins researches and details the reasons why companies that were one time considered great end up failing. He does a great job…
God-Righteousness
Last night during our cell group of Christian friends, we had a brief discussion on righteousness and self-righteousness. I shared with the group that the less self-righteous I become the more I realize how much I don’t know and in turn this creates a yearning for me to obtain “God-righteousness.” Isaiah writes in chapter 32,…
Letting go and Harvesting
There is a saying “if you get caught up in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect those things over which you can control.” The last couple of months of my life have been wrought with situations I would have loved to have had some control over, but I didn’t. Today,…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.