…that’s you. Here’s a fun quote for you, “Do your future self a favor and work hard now.”
There’s been a lot said right now about New Years resolutions, and One-words, and goals for the year. My question to you is have you acted on any of it? Have your written anything down regardless of what you want to do? There is a solution out there to get you thinking and it will take less than 30 min (I would highly recommend thinking about one-word too). I’ve included a link at the bottom for anyone interested in the ~30 min 8-blocker that CSPAN does.
Once you’ve done this, share it with another PAX or ShieldLock (SL) if you have a SL. This will be your accountability tracker for at least the next 6 months if not 12.
Moving on to my topic – NoOYO or No On Your Own. This is HUGE right now and I can’t overemphasize this enough. There are a lot of sad clowns, lonely guys, PAX / Kotters (guys that haven’t posted in a while) out there right now that need you! Covid isn’t helping but this is where you can step in. Each of us has this…probably using it right now as it’s a little computer we call a phone sitting in your hands. Think of 1-3 guys who you haven’t seen or spoken to in a while, a neighbor down the street who doesn’t know F3, a Kotter or a fellow PAX that is at home. Reach out to them. Give them grace and don’t badger them to come to a workout…especially when you may not know their situation. Offer to meet them at a workout, meet them 1:1 for a walk or run (if they want to be socially distant from you), offer to be an ear to talk to or maybe just meet for a coffee and talk through car windows if that makes them comfortable. Point being, be the HIM (High Impact Man) you are. Remember, “we leave no man behind, but leave no man where we found him”. Here’s my advice: expect excuses, but don’t give up. Remember the excuses you gave if you were one of those guys and how much F3 has changed your life (or maybe you’re new and still seeing what it’s doing – that’s ok too – and very exciting). Biggest thing is to not be the guy who turns them off or pushes them away. Maybe your selling point needs to change or maybe joining them for a virtual beating or 2nd or 3rdF is more what they need right now.
I was reminded this past week how much F3 meant to me. I spend Christmas and New Years in Michigan on the east side of the state where F3 doesn’t exist. It was cold and grey and snowy and was not very motivating or enticing to go outside. But when I thought about taking a week off and being in the back with you knuckleheads, that was the spark I needed to dress appropriately and get my butt out the door. When I’m reading slack and feeling the FOMO, or seeing the text messages from my SL about how bad the beating was that morning, that spark was fanned. So I put on my layers and set out to catch up on my 1000 burpees for December and my run prep for D2D. You know what happened on my run? First I got cold, but then it got lonely. Lonely is not a fun place to be. When I started thinking of you all, the loneliness subsides. Here’s the difference between me (or what we have) and a sad clown – you’re able to draw from what you’ve experienced in F3 and push yourself. You also have someone barking in your ear when you don’t workout or when don’t show up for a SL meeting or a 3rdF event. Sad clowns don’t have this because they’re flying solo and don’t have those accountability partners.
I personally can’t imagine living like that now that I have experienced this thing we call F3. I told my M (my wife) that if we ever moved back to Michigan (which I don’t see that happening anytime soon thanks to the cold and snow we re-experienced when we were there), I would start F3 immediately! We aren’t meant to be alone and honestly, it’s 100x more fun when we get to be together!
Takeaways:
- Continue thinking about your one word – and then share it!
- Do the 8 blocker (link below) – this can be very intimate so share accordingly but plan to share
- Reach out to 1-3 guys
Remember that this all starts now. What are you waiting for?