9 Pax got it done @Emmaus this morning. Here’s what occurred:

Welcome/Disclaimer

Mosey from base to the movie marquee

Warmarama:

-SSH x50 (100) Yes!

-Hillbilly x15 (30)

-Toy Soldier x20 (40)

-Slow Windmill x10

-Long Snapper/Dwight Schrute/Slippery Dip Can/Carrot Pullers/Lil’ Professor x10

The Thang

Mosey to mid-square and:

-LBC x50 (100 IC)

Sprint across the green and back

-WWII x50

Sprint across the green and back

-Squats x50 (100 IC)

Sprint across the green and back

-Carolina Dry Docks x50 (100 IC)

Sprint across the green and back

-Suzanne Somers x50 each side (200 IC)

Long Mosey down to Victoria’s Secret (to pay homage) and back

-Dips x50 (100 IC)

-Al Gore

Recover, Recover

Moleskin/Lesson:

Today was  discussion about “legacy”. During our deep conversation, Ping told us all that he was confronted with the notion about what he will do when the rest of us are “old or dead” as he is much younger than the rest of us. You will be fine Ping. Perhaps that’s a call to action for us all to EH just a ‘lil more. Thanks to Jedi for lending YHC the keys to the AO. Being among F3 brothers in the gloom is a great way to start the day.

Coffee Talk:

We focused on the Fourth Quadrant in Q Source: Leave Right-The Construction Of Legacy. Legacy is what a Virtuous Leader leaves behind through the Effective performance of his Mission, which is the Course Of Action he pursues to achieve his Ultimate Life Purpose (ULP).

Every person is born with a ULP and identifying it is not very difficult. It is simply the recognition of the overarching Disadvantage that nags at a man (more than any other Problem) his entire life. Identifying one’s ULP really just means abandoning the exhausting effort expended trying to ignore it.

A man’s Legacy is not comprised simply of what he happens to say and do during his lifetime. For most of us that will all be forgotten, and much more quickly than we want to believe. Rather, Legacy is constructed through the people a man has intentionally Influenced during his life and the Problems that he deliberately sets out to solve—all compounded by his love and generosity of heart in passing on what he knows.

The HIM doesn’t waste his life flailing at Conditions that will never change no matter what he does. He enlists the aid of others in the accomplishment of his Mission by Influencing them to Move toward the Advantage his Solution provides.

Because it is easy, most people will come to know their Ultimate Purpose, they just won’t do anything about it because doing (the Course Of Action) is the hard part.

Failure can create durability if channeled correctly, but you must first have determination and the ability to learn from each failure.

For a HIM’s Legacy to grow, his personal Mission must align with the Mission of the Groups in which he is a Member.

Here’s an excerpt from “Stop Worrying About Your Tombstone. Instead, Build A Legacy” by Todd Henry:

Leadership and legacy are not just what you do, but also how you do it. It will be determined by a series of choices you make over your life about how to spend this moment – here, and now. The challenging thing is that each moment feels like a throwaway, because another one follows closely on its heels. How you choose to engage here and now speaks more to your character than whatever residual stuff you leave in your trail.

Rather than asking “what do I want on my tombstone?”, which is nothing but a cold, dead piece of stone, ask yourself “who will gather by the road just to catch a glimpse as my hearse passes by?”

Who will you impact so deeply that they will continue your work even after you are gone?

Who will you challenge to up their game, to be better than they are?

Who will you irreversibly impact?

Who will you stand in the gap to defend?

That, friends, is the stuff that lasting legacies are made of.

COT/Namarama/Prayer Requests/Announcements/Coffeeteria

Prayer Requests:

-Unspokens in all F3 circles.

-Police officers and agents (and families) impacted in the unfortunate shooting in Charlotte.

-Remember Ultraman and his family with the recent loss of his mother.

-Pray for our college students on campuses and the unpeaceful protests that are occurring.

Reminder:

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

F3 5 Core Principles:

Workouts …

• Are free of charge
• Are open to all men
• Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
• Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
• End with a Circle of Trust

Announcements:

-Gnarly Goat invites all Pax to a leadership retreat: https://www.evite.com/event/00D457GLSRH7IMWZCEPOY5CMKFAQRA/

-Memorial Day Murph is 4 weeks out.  Scrappy is planning a convergence from Jason’s Deli parking lot on Monday 5/27/24.  Currently thinking about a 0630 or 0700 launch, but will finalize and pb soon.

-North Carolina Marine Mud Run General Information

-Take That Hill October 5th

-Kiawah Island Triathlon October 6th

-JFK 50 Mile Ultra November 23rd

-Bourbon Chase 200 mile Relay October 4-5th

-There are plenty of Q slots at all AO’s. Please sign up. For new Pax, volunteer to lead/Q (we’ll help you co-Q). For you seasoned guys, sign up for some Q’s.

-Invite a FNG or brother you haven’t seen in a while who’s a Kotter. Invite that #just1 who needs you more than you know (an invitation is a powerful thing brothers).

Until next time…

Toby

1. (aka Tobra Commander, Tobra Kai, Tobi-Wan, Teletoby, Tobias, Tobadia, “Toe”bee, TobyMac, Tob-lerone, TOB-the-wet-sprocket, Mr TOBoto, etc.)I’m