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Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.

Free Outdoor Morning Workouts To Build Community Leaders

A Mile and 4 Corners

  • When: 20200630
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: FNC, Easy In, Splinter


2020-07-01 by Splinter Leave a Comment

The Thang:

TTT x 10

Runner’s Stretch

YWTL (Back Stretch)

SSH x 25 (IC)

1 mile run around the park and then to the Whiffle Ball Field

4 Stations:

1st:

Bobby Hurley’s x 20

Plank Jack x 20

Prisoner Squats x 20

Plank until group is done; then Lt. Dan to next station

 

2nd:

Diamond Merkin x 20

Body Builder x 15

Gorilla Humper x 15

Peter Parker x 15

Al Gore until group is done; then Bear Crawl to next station

 

3rd:

Turkish Get-up x 15

Carolina Dry Dock x 20

Dying Cockroach x 15

Mountain Climber x 15 (IC)

Star Plank until group is done; then backwards bear crawl to next station

 

4th:

Mogul x 15

Crab Cake x 20

Hand Release Merkin x 20

Lunge w/Twist x 15

Al Gore until group is done; then inch worm back to Home

Run back to circle

Mary

No time for Mary!

C.O.P – Count off, namorama, Pledge of Allegiance, BOM

Devotion:  YHC has been spending a lot of time during morning runs and any other alone time allotted to reflect on leadership.  How does one effectively lead?  What factors cause others to navigate to someone and look to them as leaders?  This was our discussion topic throughout the majority of the workout.  We identified that leaders are those who act on what they speak/preach about.  Are they willing to clean the preverbal “toilet”; meaning, are they willing to get in the trenches with those they lead.  That’s where real change happens; not by speaking it into existence, but by putting action to your words.

Moleskin:  YHC was unsure as to whether or not he’d be doing this workout alone, but true to Bedrock form there’s always a PAX or 2 coming in on 2 wheels!  The count may have been smaller than usual this morning, but the chatter was insightful and encouraging to one another!  Thank you men for the opportunity to lead!

Filed Under: Bedrock Tagged With: Easy In, Fish N Chips, Splinter

Don’t Make Me Pull This Indian Run Over

  • When: 20200528
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: FNC, Mad Dog, Stalker (Respect), high Stick, Waldo, Sakrete, Swinger, Mayhem, Easy In, DeFib, Splinter


2020-05-28 by Splinter Leave a Comment

The Thang:

Preblast was given and the PAX instructed to be ready at the circle with a block

SSH x 25 (IC)

Little Baby Arm Circles, forward x 15 (IC)

Little Baby Arm Circles, reverse x 15 (IC)

Indian Run to Whiffle Ball Field – Drop Blocks

Indian Run to front parking lot by fire station:

Don Quixote x 15 (IC)

Hillbilly x 15 (IC)

Mountain Climber x 15 (IC)

Indian Run to Billboard:

Penalty 10 Burpees given en route

Burpee x 7 (OYO)

Indian Run to Whiffle Ball Field

5 Rounds / 10 Each

Merkins on Block

Flutter Kicks

Shoulder Press w/Block

Squats w/Block

Plank Jacks on Block

 

1 Round / 10 Each

Lt. Dans

Jack Webbs w/Block (Merkin w/4 Overhead press)

Shoulder Taps

Mt. Climbers

 

Mary

LBC x 25 (IC)

C.O.P – Count off, namorama, Pledge of Allegiance, BOM

Devotion:  YHC had some inspired moments when tending to a sickly tomato plant in his garden.  When realizing it was on the verge of dying he decided to repot it into a larger container and remove it from the full sun and bring it to the patio where there is partial shade during the day.  Over the course of 2 weeks the plant has now grown over a ft. and has begun to bear 17 plum size or larger tomatoes.  As this chain of events began to unfold YHC was reminded that we too need others around us to prop us up and revive us in times of troubles.  Let’s remember to build up those around us rather than tear them down.  We are called to be an example in our community and in our households.

Epesians 4:12-16:  to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.  From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Proverbs 27:17-19:  As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.  The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.  As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

Moleskin:  This morning was HOT!!!  I can’t say that the workout alone had the PAX sweating buckets, but at one point during Indian runs FNC decided it worthy to deviate the path instructions given so the PAX all paid with 10 Burpees.  That’s right, Dad pulled the proverbial car over and dished out some discipline.  Mumble chatter was fun and the discussion took some turns when YHC introduced Jack Webbs (Del Webbs…maybe???).  Thank you men for the opportunity to lead!

Filed Under: Bedrock Tagged With: Defib, Easy In, Fish N Chips, High Stick, Mad Dog, Mayhem, Sakrete, Splinter, Stalker, Swinger, Waldo

Surprise Weinkie

  • When: 20190423
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: Easy In, Pretzel, Popeye, Repo, Loose Nuts, Chilly-Willy, Mayhem, Benefits, Prius (R), Yo Adrian (R), Sakrete, Splinter


2019-04-23 by Splinter Leave a Comment

The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: 59 Degrees and calm

FNGs: None

COP:

20 ssh

20 little baby arm circles

20 TTT

10 Merkins

Thang:

5 pull ups OYO

10 Merkins on Q

20 squats on Q

30 flutter kicks IC

30 sec plank

20 Carolina dry docks on Q

20 monkey humoresques IC (autocorrected, but I like the name)

20 Mac tar jai IC

20 mountain climbers IC

20 lbc’s IC

20 flutter kicks IC

Rinse and repeat as time allows

Mary:

20 American Hammer IC

20 WWI Sit ups

Numberama: 12

Namerama, Announcements, Pledge, COT

Moleskin: YHC received a text mid SCS from Sakrete stating that the Q on tap had cancelled and if YHC could take it. I responded with “we will make something happen!” Luckily YHC has a record of past Qs logged on his phone and after a quick glance a nice hard weinke was produced. The time came and YHC started with the warm-O-Rama, but noticed Pretzel wasn’t back from his SCS. After an initial worry, YHC spotted Pretzel changing shoes and breathed a sigh of relief. YHC lines up the PAX and had them circle the parking lot until Pretzel fell in line. We proceeded through the back trail , through the whiffle ball field, over the bridge and back to the scoreboards. From there YHC instructed the PAX on the Thang and we went to work, ultimately finishing 3 rounds. Again YHC lined up the PAX for an Indian run back to the Flag for some Mary! Thank all of you men for the opportunity to lead!

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Easter Convergence- Stations of the Cross

  • When: 20190420
  • QIC: Cannoli, Olaf, Splinter
  • The PAX: Goose, Redo, The Colonel, Churro, Pony, What?!, Spooky, Motherboard, Hickory Stump, Spaceballs, Masterload, wingnut, creeper, Quaker, Flo, Peaches, High Stick, Pretzel, Wreck it Ralph, Show me, Sports clips, B Wax, beanie Baby, Mall Cop, Dabo, Bedpan, Prayer request, Xray, M&M, Flea (FNG), Jester, Whirly Bird (FNG), Peg, Yo Adrian, Mini me, Suds, Dri-prime, popeye, swinger, luigi, chilly-willy, repo, City Slicker, Sakrete, Good Times, Pepe, Caterpillar, cheetah, space cowboy, placebo, nuggets, milton, dowry, Hanging Chad plus 2 of his 2.0s (..........), Bellator, resume, danger zone, dorothy, benefits, jojo, hoffa, PTI, Hotspot


2019-04-23 by Splinter Leave a Comment

Conditions: 48 and Chilly

The 15 Stations of the Cross represent events from Jesus’ passion and death. At each station we use our senses and our imagination to reflect prayerfully upon Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection.

Station 1: Jesus Is Condemned to Death (COP)

Lord, grant us discernment that we may see as you see, not as the world sees.

15-Side Straddle Hops/ 15-Through the Tunnels

15-Don Quixote/ 15-Burpees

Station 2: Jesus Takes Up His Cross(Mosey to Pit for Blocks)

Lord, grant us strength of purpose that we may willingly bear our crosses each day.

15-Over Head Presses/ 15-Curls

15-Squats/ 15-Kettle Bell Swings

Station 3: Jesus Falls the First Time

Weakened by torments and by loss of blood, Jesus falls beneath his cross

15-Block Press/ 15-Flutter Kicks

15-Tricept Extensions/ 15-Block Get-ups

Station 4: Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother

Lord, we give you and praise. Grant us constancy that we may be willing to stand by and care those in need.

15-Merkins/ 15-Mountain Climbers

15-Groiners/ 15-Copperhead Squats

Station 5: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross

(Partner Up for Short Dora)

Lord, Teach us to accept our limitations and with humility to accept aid with good grace when we need it.

100-Merkins Partner Farmer Carries Blocks around the parking lot

100-Squats

Station 6: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

Veronica steps through the crowd to wipe the face of Jesus.

15-Over Head Presses/ 15-Curls

Station 7: Jesus Falls a Second Time

Jesus falls beneath the weight of the cross a second time.

15-Block Press/ 15-Flutter Kicks

Station 8: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

Lord, grant us gentle spirits that we may comfort those who mourn.

15-Merkins/ 15-Mountain Climbers

Station 9: Jesus Falls the Third Time

Weakened almost to the point of death, Jesus falls a third time.

15-Block Press/ 15-Flutter Kicks

Station 10: Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments

The soldiers strip Jesus of his garments, treating him as a common criminal.

15-Over Head Presses/ 15-Curls

Station 11: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross

Lord Jesus, we give you thanks and praise for you endured the horror of the nails piercing your hands and feet. May your wounds bring us true healing and peace.

15-Merkins/ 15-Mountain Climbers

Station 12: Jesus Dies on the Cross

Lord, we give you thanks and praise for from the cross you opened the way to eternal life. Grant us perseverance that we may never stop seeking you.

15-Over Head Presses/ 15-Curls

Station 13: Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross

The lifeless body of Jesus is tenderly placed in the arms of Mary, his mother.

15-Merkins/ 15-Mountain Climbers

Station 14: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb

Lord, We adore you and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

15-Blockies/ 15-Body Builders

Station 15: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus, we give you thanks and praise for you have broken the power of death. Fill us with your new life that our lives may glorify you every day.

15-Heels to Heaven/ 15- WWI Sit-ups

Moleskin: Being that this is a silent workout, it certainly deviates from the normal gloom atmosphere; however, I’m sure we can all say that the meaning behind this workout speaks louder than words. Thank each and everyone of you HIMs who attended and stayed behind for some delicious grub prepared by our brothers Hospice, Stalker and Maj. Dad! Living as He intended, in community!




Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bellator, Benefits, Caterpillar, Cheetah, Chilly Willy, City Slicker, Danger Zone, Dorothy, Dowry, Dri-Prime, Flea, Good Times, Hanging Chad, Hoffa, Hotspot, Jester, JoJo, Luigi, Niggets, Peg, Pepe, Placebo, Popeye, PTI, Repo, Resume, Sakrete, Space Cowboy, Suds, Swinger, Whirly Bird, Yo Adrian

Jones’n For a Q

  • When: 20190119
  • QIC: Yo Adrian
  • The PAX: Yo Adrian, Prius, Sandy, Houdini, Splinter


2019-01-19 by Splinter Leave a Comment

The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions:  54 degrees

FNGs:  None

COP:  

Figure out a work out on the fly

The Thang: 

Ladder style:

5 Burpees

10 Carolina Dry Docks

15 Dips

20 Squats

25 LBCs

30 Flutter Kicks IC

Stations were spaced evenly around the track and started with Burpees and each station added A new exercise until you reached the top and climbed back down with a run between each station.

Mary:  25-American Hammer, 25-WWI Sit-Ups, 10-“Whatever’s”…something YHC made up on the fly.

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Pledge, COT

Afterwards we hit up Hello Deli for some quality 2nd F over breakfast, then YHC and Splinter met up with Show Me for chest and shoulder day at Gold’s Gym! Strong work this morning Gents!!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Houdini, Prius (Respect), Sandy, Splinter, Yo Adrian (Respect)

A Voluntary Combination of Two or More People

  • When: 20190116
  • QIC: Reynolds
  • The PAX: Reynolds, Fish N Chips, High Stick, Chum, DeFib, Sugar Mountain, Splinter, Greenbags, The Colonel, MaBell


2019-01-16 by Splinter Leave a Comment

Scripture:
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
Ephesians 4:16


Socratic
1. Is man’s natural desire solitude or combination?
2. Are there different types of groups that people form?
3. Are there any types of groups that are more important than others?


Synthesis


Man is by nature a group-forming animal
A Group is a voluntary combination of two or more people. There are three distinct types of Groups that are relevant to the QSource: communities, organizations and teams.
The specific reasons that lead people to combine and the manner in which they come together are both immaterial to this very broad definition. Nor are there any formational requirements to meet the definition of a Group beyond a tacit agreement between the members to voluntarily combine. Group membership is never coercive.
Some Group-types (like a corporation or county government) have complex formational requirements and structural barriers that make entry and departure more difficult, but that does not make them any more Group-ish than two men who simply start meeting for coffee every two weeks to talk about whatever is on their mind. Two or more people + voluntary combination—that’s all that is required to meet the definition of a Group.
We seek strength in numbers for a variety of different reasons, but the most elemental is that life itself, while technically possible as a singleton, is not practical without combination with others. Loneliness is our subconscious yelling at us to go find a partner because we are not supposed to live like that. It’s dangerous.
An illustration of this elemental need to combine is portrayed in the movie Castaway. Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a man shipwrecked alone on an island in the middle of the Pacific. Initially he is consumed with learning the basic survival skills for which modern man has no direct need (like starting a fire or spearing a fish in shallow water) but which make the difference between life and death for a modern man cast out into the wilderness alone. After many failures, Chuck is triumphant at the ignition of his first fire. Dancing around the flames, he does not for the moment hear the voice of loneliness yelling at him.
But, flashing forward four years (after a self-administered root canal with a hockey skate almost kills him) we are presented with a different man. Lean and competent at survival, Chuck spears a fish with one quick flick of his wrist. But now there is no dancing. The camera focuses in on a face consumed by worry illustrating how Chuck has been worn down by his loneliness. In fact, we come to find out that he has been experimenting with means of suicide because he knows he is only one unlucky fall away from dying slowly and painfully from a broken leg. Life alone is dangerous, too dangerous to be worth the risk.
We learn of this realization from Chuck’s “conversations” with a volleyball upon which he has finger-painted a face. So deep is his need to be part of a Group, that Chuck creates a co- member in his mind with whom to combine, who he calls Wilson. Ultimately, the Group (Chuck and Wilson) decides that the risk of death on the deep blue sea on a rickety raft is worth the slim possibility of finding other people. The ocean is dangerous, but not nearly as dangerous as life alone on the island.
Chuck’s willingness to push his boat out into the surf and abandon the safety of his island dramatically depicts the human drive to leave a condition of temporary security in search of a more advantageous position. Group membership provides Advantage: a superior condition achieved by Movement. Just as Chuck had to move from the island to find civilization, a lonely man must move outside of himself toward another man to form a coffee-Group. Reasonable minds can debate which type of Movement is more difficult.
Man is hard-wired to seek the Advantage incumbent in Group membership. Different Group-types provide different Advantages. A book club provides fellowship for literature enthusiasts. Reading is a solitary endeavor but literature can be enjoyed in combination to mutual Advantage. The provision of legal services only requires a single law license, but lawyers combine into law firms for the Advantage provided by association with other practitioners. Although they are vastly different, a book club and a law firm are both Groups that provide Advantage for their members.
F3 being a leadership Group, we are primarily concerned with the composition of Groups from the perspective of how they are best led. All Groups (whether they have two or two-million members) must have a Leader. And, that leadership (specifically, how it is best exercised) varies with respect to the Group-type being led. Thus, while both book clubs and law firms must have Leaders, the manner in which they are most successfully led is not the same at all.
The three Group-types that must be led to Advantage are the community, the organization and the team


COMMUNITIES


The first Group-type is the Community, which is two or more people that voluntarily live in close Proximity. A Community is defined by the geographical Proximity of its Members, not by immutable characteristics such as skin color or gender.
Communities are concentric. A family is a Community whose Members live in the same house and in the closest possible Proximity. A neighborhood is a Community of families in which the Members live in relatively close Proximity. A cluster of neighborhoods form a town, which is a Community with Members living in more distant Proximity. A collection of towns form a county, which is a more distal Community—as is a state, the nation and ultimately the world.
Leaders have the most impact upon the Communities that are at the center of their Proximity circle. Thus, a father is much more important to his family than is the governor of the state or the president of the nation. The governor and president are important, but they are less Proximate. The father is more Proximate.
The Governor of North Carolina is very important to his own family and less so to mine because I live two hundred miles away from the capital. Although we are both white middle- aged male lawyers (as I write this), I’ve never met the man and neither have my children. Our lack of Proximity means that we are not in Community, despite the external characteristics that we share.
Ultimately, the Advantage provided by all Communities is the same, to respond to the human need of its Members to dwell in Proximity to other people for their mutual Advantage. We form Communities because we are naturally driven to do so. If human nature were otherwise, we would all be hermits. Chuck Noland would have happily lived out his life on the island spearing fish and discoursing with Wilson instead of risking his life to find Proximity with another human.
The requirements of Community Membership are largely passive. The implicit agreement that forms a Community arises from where the Members live, not what they do there. As a result, little is required of a Community Member other than to generally abide by its laws and mores so that the Group’s peace and harmony can be maintained. A healthy Community is one in which its Members have as much safety as they believe they need and the opportunity to be as significant as they believe they want to be.


ORGANIZATIONS


The second Group-type is the Organization. An Organization is two or more people that voluntarily combine for the accomplishment of an articulated purpose. Unlike Communities, the Members of an Organization are defined by their shared mission not their Proximity. Thus, they need not all (and generally do not) live or work together.
There is some obvious overlap between a Community and an Organization. For example, the residents of Idaho constitute a Community, while the employees of the governing apparatus of the State of Idaho are Members of an Organization. Idaho-the-Community and Idaho-the-Organization have some crossover. The governor of Idaho is by definition a member of the Governance in Idaho-the-Organization, but he is also a Leader in Idaho-the-Community if he has impact on its Members, but then only concentrically, starting with his own family and moving outward.
While this Community/Organization crossover exists, it is limited. A Leader must keep clear the distinction between the two types of Groups because they are completely different organisms. Communities do not need organizing (they exist only to be, not to do) and Organizations do not need community (they exist only to do, not to be ). Thus, it is illogical to call a man a “community organizer”. No such thing can exist and would be unnecessary if it did. What does exist (and what is sorely necessary in both Communities and Organizations) are virtuous Leaders.
While the health of a Community can be assessed by the degree of peace and harmony in which its Members dwell together, Organizations are defined by the Effectiveness with which they accomplish their Mission. Viewed through the lens of Effectiveness, there are three types of Organizations: Lizards, Bullfrogs and Leeches.
A Lizard is an Organization that is dedicated to the Effective achievement of its Mission. In fact, a Lizard’s Leaders do not believe that their Organization exists for any reason other than to realize its purpose. Whereas an Organization that is dedicated to maintaining something that has been previously achieved is an institution, the Lizard is forward-looking. It seeks change through Movement. Its Leaders are Disruptive. A Lizard is is by definition a movement rather than an institution. Because Leaders are critical to a movement, Lizards must have a vibrant
Governance is the person or people who (by election, appointment or fiat) control the managing apparatus of a Community or Organization.

leadership development process. Within the universe of Organizations there are very few Lizards.
The majority of Organizations are Bullfrogs. Unlike a Lizard, a Bullfrog is an institution with the primary goal of the continuity of its own existence. Maintaining what was previously accomplished only requires a Governance of managers, not Leaders. Bullfrogs, immobile institutions that they are, do not need Disruptive leadership because they are not going anywhere. The only challenge that tomorrow may bring to a Bullfrog is the continued maintenance of the slow-motion dance required for it to stay firmly planted on yesterday’s lily- pad.
Because it is Governed by managers rather than Leaders, creates nothing and expends its resources on existential continuity, the Bullfrog is continually in danger of morphing into the third type of Organization, the Leech. A Leech looks less like an Organization than an enervated mob that only survives by feeding off of Bullfrogs too overcome by their own lethargy to shake them off. Within the dispirited ranks of a Leech it is every man for himself because individual continuity ultimately trumps Organizational continuity. A Leech has neither managers nor Leaders, only survivors. It is a failed and purposeless institution that is crumbling from within.
All Organizations exist on a normal curve of Effectiveness that extends from Lizards on the last deviation on the left to Leeches on the far right. In the middle, representing the mean, reside the Bullfrogs that comprise the majority of all Organizations. This Organizational Effectiveness curve only provides a snapshot of current conditions, because Organizations (like their Members) are dynamic not static. They are constantly changing in ways so small that they may be hard to see, but that nonetheless cause them to move along the continuum.
Ultimately, and unfortunately, Organizational movement is almost wholly rightward— towards Leechdom. Thus, an Organization that was a Lizard yesterday becomes a Bullfrog today and may tomorrow be a Leech, unless someone intercedes to Disruptively influence Movement to Advantage.


TEAMS


The final Group-type is the Team, which is two or more people who combine to perform a specific mission for the benefit of a Community, an Organization or both. Teams may be formed at the direction of the Governance of a Community or Organization, but they more often arise organically under the leadership of a Member who identifies a Problem and sets out to solve it.
The primary difference between a Team and an Organization is that Team Members are in close Proximity while Organization Members may never even meet. The primary difference

between a Team and a Community is purposefulness—a Team exists to do something while the Community exists to be something.
Because the Proximity between Team Members is not for the purpose of peace and harmony but to to achieve Advantage, Team Membership is defined by active contribution made to the Team’s Effectiveness not passive conformance to its rules and mores. Unlike the Member of a Community, the Member of a Team must do something rather than just be something to enjoy good standing.
While Communities and Organizations can thrive regardless of their size, a Team must be big enough to accomplish the Mission yet small enough that its teamwork is vibrant and uninhibited. It is within Teams that people have the most opportunity to lead. Thus, Teams are necessary to the leadership development process of any Group.


Dynamic Teams are the heart of healthy Communities and Effective Organizations


At its most Effective, a Lizard is little more than a network of Teams that work efficiently together to solve the Organization’s Problems and advance its articulated purpose. Similarly, a healthy Community is embedded with Teams that form to serve and enhance the peace and harmony of its Members. Ultimately, dynamic Teams are the product of strong Community and Organizational leadership, which encourages their formation and rewards their efforts through well-aligned incentives.
Whether a Leader is concerned with the health of his Community, the Effectiveness of his Organization or the dynamism of his Teams (or all three), the QSource provides a framework for him to more skillfully influence of Movement to Advantage—which is the heart of leadership.

Spur
1. Man is by nature a Group-forming animal
2. The three Group-types which must be led to Advantage are the Community, the
Organization and the Team
3. Dynamic Teams are the heart of healthy Communities and Effective Organizations

Prayer Requests:


Chum- talking about Middle School student who just recently committed suicide.
High stick- talking about his friend Matt who is dealing with cancer High stick – talking about co-workers dealing with government shutdown and being furloughed or working without being paid.
Defib- talking about his marriage and their recent counseling.
Defib- talking about his friend who has cancer. Defib- talking about his knee -decision to get surgery or not
Reynolds- his neighbor John recently found out had pneumonia and was in the hospital

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chum, Defib, Fish N Chips, Greenbags, High Stick, Mabell, Reynolds, Splinter, Sugar Mountain, The Colonel

The Lexicon of Leadership

  • When: 20190109
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: DeFib, Fish N Chips, Sandy, Prius, Splinter, High Stick, Sugar Mountain, Reynolds, Chum, Bellator, Streaker, Dri Prime


2019-01-09 by Splinter Leave a Comment

The Lexicon Of Virtuous Leadership

Scripture:
The Lord said, “if as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them”.
Genesis 11:6


Socratic
1. How has the theory of leadership changed over time?
2. Does the culture have any effect upon the language of leadership?

3. Is there one common language of leadership?


Synthesis


Leadership is evolutionary, not revolutionary


The QSource is not a revolutionary philosophy of leadership. In fact, revolutionary Leadership theories are a myth because all leadership is founded upon a common set of principles that have been gradually evolving through trial and error since the first caveman led his tribe to higher ground to escape the rising flood waters.
What distinguishes one leadership philosophy from another—what makes it useful in a Leader’s quest to influence movement to advantage—is its manner of organization and uniqueness in Language. Because it is an outgrowth of F3, the QSource relies upon the same rich lexicon that the PAX3 use to communicate within F3. Any man who has posted to an F3 workout knows that F3 has a unique word or definition for any concept that we consider to be mission essential. You will find that to be so in the QSource as well.


The culture denatures words to uselessness


Take the word accountability as an example. If you look that word up in the dictionary you will find some form of the following definition: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. That definition, while technically accurate, isn’t very useful in advantage-seeking because it doesn’t tell you how you do it.
Moreover, the culture has further maligned the word into full-blown uselessness. Very smart people routinely say things like “yup, this is the year I start holding myself accountable.” While that may sound good, it’s actually a useless statement because nobody can hold themselves accountable. If that were possible, the word accountability would not need to exist because the concept of accountability would be unnecessary—we would all just lead ourselves down the virtuous path through our own self-will. But we can’t, at least not enough of the time to render the world free of the problems that the concept of accountability arose to address in the first place.
As a result, for the purpose of the Language of virtuous leadership, the word accountability has been denatured by the culture and rendered useless. Which is not good, because the concept of accountability is inexpressibly important to the skill of leadership. Without accountability, Leaders cannot influence movement to advantage.


Effective groups have a unique Language

So, in order to recapture the concept, we redefined the word. Thus, the F3 Lexicon defines Accountability (note the capital “A”) as submitting to standard through enforcement and consequence. To practice Accountability there must be a Standard (an objective measure of performance or behavior), Enforcement (an external force to apply the Standard) and Consequence (the result of the Enforcement of the Standard).
When the PAX use the word Accountability they mean the submission to Standard through Enforcement and Consequence; just as when we say PAX, we mean the members of F3Nation. These are just two examples from the Lexicon—there will be many more.
F3 is not alone in the employment of unique Language. Every Effective group has its own Language, whether it be the United States Army or the New England Patriots. The Army has field manuals that are full of its uniquely defined doctrinal principles and the Patriots have their playbook. Both perform the same essential function—to provide their Leaders the linguistic tools they need to Effectively influence movement to Advantage6 within the group.
Like the Army and the Patriots, F3 is also an organization that seeks Advantage. To do that Effectively requires a unique Language, and for us that is the Lexicon.

Spur

Leadership is evolutionary, not revolutionary The culture denatures words to uselessness Effective groups have a unique Language

Prayer:

Reynolds Co-worker relapsed from his sobriety and needs prayer on moving forward past this setback

Chum’s Daughter

Fish N Chips Mom and Uncle Joe. His mom has about 6 more months of chemo

Moleskin: A lot of good discussions this morning with open honesty shared by some PAX. The best way to summarize is to say that we all need accountability and the best way to do that is through brutal honesty; not only with yourself but with a trusted group of men that will hold you Accountable.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bellator, Chum, Defib, Dri-Prime, Fish N Chips, High Stick, Prius (Respect), Reynolds, Sandy, Splinter, Streaker, Sugar Mountain

Disturbance To The Status Quo

  • When: 20190102
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: Borland, High Stick, Chum, The Colonel, Sugar Mountain, Repo, Reynolds, Splinter


2019-01-03 by Splinter Leave a Comment

Scripture: Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34

Warm-up: Coffee

Socratic:

What do leaders do?

What effect does leadership have on the status quo?

Is there a common characteristic shared by leaders who leave a legacy?

Synthesis:


Leaders influence movement to advantage


A leader is a person who can influence people to do things that they would not have done otherwise. Put another way, but for the influence of the leader, the things done by his followers would not happen. The leader is the agent, the impetus and the proximate cause of his followers’ movement toward the doing of those specific things that he identifies as advantageous. Without him, they would remain static and focused on maintaining the status quo. In the heart of man inertia will reign—absent a Disruption.
The connection between movement and leadership is critical because it presupposes a need for action, a recognition by the leader himself that the status quo is something less advantageous than some other place, a location the leader visualizes and then articulates to his followers. Only then can the leader begin to persuade them to follow him to the new place. He must describe it to them first because people will only overcome their inertia and follow someone if they believe that he knows where he is going. They won’t leave the known for the unknown, no matter how charismatic the leader is.

Because it induces movement, leadership causes Disruption


Leadership wrenches people away from the place at which they were determined to remain. It causes them to question the foundation for their belief that their status quo was desirable and that stasis was in their best interest. It attacks the palpable (but false) sense of security that inertia provides. Like the agitator in a washing machine, leadership dislodges things long embedded in people’s emotional fabric, things that are impure and do not belong there but to which they had become accustomed—like a ketchup stain on their favorite shirt.
Being both Disruptive and agitating, leadership will naturally make people uncomfortable, at least until they begin to see for themselves that they are being led to a place of advantage.
If a man calls himself a leader but does not cause Disruption by initiating movement, then he is not practicing leadership. He might be doing something else, like managing or governing, but he is not leading. He is a leader in name only until people begin to follow him to an advantageous place that he has visualized and articulated to them. A Leader is a person who influences movement to advantage.


A great Leader’s legacy is built on love

The degree to which a Leader is able to influence movement is dependent upon his level of skill. People will follow a Leader when he is in the room. People will continue to follow a good Leader when he has left the room. But only a great Leader is able to influence movement to advantage even after he has died. That is a legacy Leader, and he is a rare breed who leaves a legacy that is built upon love.
All great Leaders aspire to leave a legacy. Leadership is a difficult skill to master, requiring desire, commitment and love. Having paid for that skill with blood, sweat and tears, great Leaders have the natural inclination to pass on what they have learned and to be remembered for it. This yearning is what creates their legacy. It comes from the Leader’s love for his followers and his sincere desire to see them obtain advantage.
A great Leader accelerates throughout his life. He views leadership as a craft that must be honed through continual study and application. In the way that a lawyer or doctor practices his profession from the standpoint of service to his client or patient, the great Leader’s focus is always upon his followers rather than himself. It is their best interests, not his, that motivates his actions. It is their advantage, not his, to which he initiates movement. This is only possible if, first and foremost, he loves them more than he loves himself.
The great Leader knows that If his love is not great, than neither will be his leadership.

Spur:

  1. Leaders influence movement to advantage
  2. Because it induces movement, leadership causes Disruption
  3. A great Leader’s legacy is built on love

Numberama:  8

Namearama:  Chum, Repo, Reynolds, Splinter, High Stick, Borland, The Colonel, Sugar Mountain

Pledge, Announcements, BOM:

Prayer Requests: 

Malachi – Wee Woo’s Nephew who is awaiting a heart transplant, continued prayers for his health and the wellbeing of his parents who are forced to be 100s of miles apart during this time.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Borland, Chum, High Stick, Repo, Reynolds, Splinter, Sugar Mountain, The Colonel

The Guild: Words That Describe Me

  • When: 20181219
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: Borland, High Stick, Chum, Fish N Chips, Ma Bell, Tinker, The Colonel, Grits, Snowden, Reynolds, Splinter


2018-12-19 by Splinter Leave a Comment

Intro: As part of the human experience we suffer from inward thinking, but I subscribe that Men are more susceptible to this negative thought process than our Female counterparts are. Homework for this session of The Guild was to show up with a list of words that describe you.

Warm-up: Coffee

Thang: Group discussion started with YHC asking if anyone wanted to share their list; all PAX participated. 

Question:  What are the first words that come to mind when you face a challenge, become stressed or fail?

Answer: All of those negative thoughts

What if we chose to see ourselves from a different point of view?

What if you took those negative thoughts and turned them around as attributes?

How does God see you? Can you challenge those negative words and spotlight them from God’s perspective?

The Point is what you perceive as negative traits can be used in positive ways.

Mary:

Numberama:  11

Namearama:  Chum, Reynolds, Splinter, Ma Bell, High Stick, Fish N Chips, Borland, Tinker, The Colonel, Grits, Snowden

Pledge, Announcements, BOM:

Prayer Requests: 

Fish N Chips Mom and Uncle Joe – His Mom went to England to help care for his Uncle Joe, but has now been diagnosed with Cancer and is currently taking Chemo and is unable to travel back home.

Jason – An ex boss of Boreland’s who is dealing with Stage 4 cancer and facing his mortality. He is 36 years old with a young family.

Malachi – Wee Woo’s Nephew who is awaiting a heart transplant, continued prayers for his health and the wellbeing of his parents who are forced to be 100s of miles apart during this time.

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Turkey Day – F3 Style

  • When: 20181122
  • QIC: Splinter
  • The PAX: Bedpan, Show Me, Schneider, Magic Mike, Splinter


2018-11-22 by Splinter Leave a Comment

Conditions: Upper 50s and Glorious

FNGs: No FNGs

Disclaimer: Given

COP:

Palmetto Cheese & Crackers

Pita Chips & Salsa

Deviled Eggs

The Thang:

Each PAX member was instructed to form a single line and grab a plate, as they circle the bar they were to fill their plates:

Turkey
Cornbread Dressing
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Roasted Carrots
Stuffed Acorn Squash
Rolls
Cranberry Sauce

It was up to the PAX to fill their plates with as much as they could carry to the dining table; once seated everyone commenced eating OYO!

Then rinse and repeat!

Mary: 

Chocolate Meringue Pie

Brookies

Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie (Yes, that is 1 thing!)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brownies

This was OYO…I think we did them all!

Numberama: 5

Namerama, Pledge: Done

Announcements:

Christmas parade 12/9/18 Q’s: Saget and Mack

Christmas party 12/13/18

Prayers and BOM : 

Prayers for Belator!

Prayers for everyone to have a great Thanksgiving and safe travels

Prayers for Weewoo’s Nephew and his recovery.

Devo:

Although there was no specific devo during this Q, I believe one was received from just being with this group.  We may not be a conventional “family”, but we’re all there for each other in the day to day and the extraordinary life events!

Moleskin:  

The morning started with YHC putting the turkey in the oven and hoping for the best…YHC has never cooked a traditional turkey before.  The rest of the morning passed by with prepping the side dishes and cleaning up all of the dishes that were dirtied.  Around 11:15 the PAX started to arrive; first there was Bedpan and closely followed by Show Me with his M and 2-2.0s, then Schneider with his M and his 2.0.  Once all of the sides had finished YHC led the prayer and instructed the PAX to commence the ceremonious Thanksgiving festivities…copious consumption!  As the 4 o’clock hour drew closer Show Me asked if that TV worked and quickly tuned in the Cowboys vs Redskins game.  Conversation continued accompanied by a 2nd, 3rd or 4th (hey, we don’t judge) helping.  Somewhere in this timeframe Magic Mike and his entourage dropped in with some brownies and a large helping of 2nd F!  We laughed, we cried, we ate and now we know who Big Bertha is!

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bedpan, Magic Mike, Schneider, Show Me, Splinter

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