PRINCIPLE 1
Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or other small birds. No other bird can get to the height of the eagle. Stay away from sparrows and ravens. Eagles
fly with Eagles
What is the lesson here?
If you ever want to do something great in life, learn
to be alone and when you are with people, share your time
with people of same ambition and desires.
PRINCIPLE 2
Eagles have strong vision.
They have the ability to focus
on something up to five
kilometers away. When an
eagle sites his prey, he narrows his focus on it and set
out to get it.
No matter the obstacles, the
eagle will not move his focus
from the prey until he grabs it.
Many obstacles will appear to
distract you in life. Stay
focused and never allow
dissenting views and voices to
deter you from your goals in
life.
PRINCIPLE 3
Eagles do not eat dead
things. They feed only on fresh
prey. Vultures eat dead
animals, but eagles will not.
What is the import of
this principle to you?
Stale information will
never do you good. Update
yourself regularly with fresh
information from reliable sources.
Research your subject
areas and use it for maximum
benefit. Be careful with what
you feed your eyes and ears
with, especially in movies and on TV. Steer clear of
outdated and old information.
Always do
your research well.
PRINCIPLE 4
Eagles love the storm.
When clouds gather, the
eagles get excited. The
eagle uses the storm’s wind to
lift higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles
uses the raging storm to lift
him above the
clouds. This gives the eagle an
opportunity to glide and rest
its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the
leaves and branches of the
trees.
We can use the storms
of life to rise to greater
heights. Achievers relish
challenges and use them
profitably.
PRINCIPLE 5The Eagle tests before trusting.
When a female eagle meets a
male and they want to mate,
she flies down to earth with
the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies
back into the air with the
male pursuing her.
Once she has reached a height
high enough for her, she lets
the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male
chases after the twig. The
faster it falls, the faster he
chases it. He has to catch it
before it falls to the ground. He
then brings it back to the female eagle.
The female eagle grabs the
twig and flies to a higher
altitude and then drops the
twig for the male to chase.
This goes on for hours, with
the height increasing until the female eagle is
assured that the male eagle has
mastered the art of catching
the twig which shows
commitment. Then and only
then, will she allow him to mate with her.
Whether in private life
or in business, one should test
commitment of people
intended for partnership.
PRINCIPLE 6When ready to lay eggs, the
female and male eagle identify
a place very high on a cliff
where no predators can reach.
The male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on
the crevice of the cliff, then
flies to earth again to collect
twigs which he lays in the
intended nest. He
flies back to earth and picks thorns laying them on
top of the twigs. He flies back
to earth and picks soft grass to
cover the thorns. When this
first layering is
complete the male eagle runs back to earth and
picks more thorns, lays them
on the nest; runs
back to get grass it on
top of the thorns, then
plucks his feathers to complete the nest. The
thorns on the outside of the
nest protect it from
possible intruders. Both
male and female eagles
participate in raising the eagle family. She lays
the eggs and protects them; he
builds the nest and hunts.
During the time of training the
young ones to fly, the mother
eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest. Because they are
scared, they jump into the nest
again.
The preparation of the
nest teaches us to prepare for
changes; The preparation for
the family teaches us that
active participation of both
partners leads to success; The being pricked by the thorns
tells us that sometimes being
too comfortable where we are
may result into our not
experiencing life, not
progressing and not learning at all. The thorns of life come to
teach us that we need to
grow, get out of the nest and
live on. We may not know it
but the seemingly comfortable
and safe haven may have thorns.
The people who love us
do not let us languish in
sloth but push us hard to
grow and prosper. Even
in their seemingly bad
actions they have good intentions for us.
PRINCIPLE 7When an Eagle grows
old, his feathers become
weak and cannot take him as
fast as he should. When he
feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place
far away in the rocks.
While there, he plucks
out every feather on his
body until he is completely
bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new
feathers, then he can come out. We occasionally need to shed
off old habits & items that
burden us without adding to
our lives.
