Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
– 1/1: The Explanation
– “I don’t know what working out has to do with ‘Freed to Lead’”
– For many men, F3 has been transformational
– It solves a problem Dredd & OBT didn’t know existed until F3 started to take off
– So F3 wasn’t created to solve a problem
– Started 1/1/11 at Alexander Graham Middle School in Charlotte
– Now 4,543 workouts across 370 regions
– The Problem
– Couldn’t define it at first, but could describe it
– Something was off
– Despite all we have, something was still missing
– Like packing for a trip. You know you’re forgetting something, but can’t remember what. But you still have to get on the plane. You won’t remember what you forgot until you get to your destination; but by that time, it’s too late.
– In order to spread F3, they had to talk a lot to a lot of men
– That’s how they started getting better at defining the Problem
– Once it started spreading to other cities, explaining the problem had to go from face-to-face to written down (this book)
– Pax Essay: Squirrel – Leading From a Place of Care
– Working out in F3 for a year before investing in relationships
– Started using his BB as snapshots of his soul
– Committed to doing Morale Calls
– Letting men know they mattered
– No hidden agendas
– The Unmasking begins
– Not creating followers
– Unlocking leaders
– 1/2: Why We Are Here
– Rules of the workout (5 Core Principles)
– Free
– Open to all men
– Held outdoors
– Led in a rotating fashion, by men participating in the workout, with no certification
– Ends in a Circle of Trust
– Q can run his workout how he wants
– Pax give feedback as to whether his leadership is any good
– Feedback is immediate, abundant, forthcoming & independent of whether Q wants feedback
– Sidebar: “I have to get in shape first”
– You have to get drunk before going out with your friends?
– You have to eat before meeting for lunch?
– Pax can get a rename, but the rename should be much worse
– Davey → Crotch Rocket
– Cowbell → Assless Chaps
– Almost everyone starts with F3 for the free workout
– This is the magnet of F3
– At first, you hate the workout
– Done consistently, you keep getting better
– Brain-spinning lingo of F3
– F3 has a word for about everything
– No one will stop & explain it
– What keeps a man coming back is the Fellowship
– The glue
– A relief to the inherent loneliness we all feel as adult men
– Third F = not aligned with a religion or worldview
– Simply means you do not see yourself at the center of the universe
– Men will transition from Survivor to Servant
– Intro others to F3
– Watch them go from Survivor to Servant
– Repeat :repeat:
– Q to FNG: “Brother, you are why we’re here!”