Thank you Gentlemen for showing up this evening. Tonight a lot of the gratitude was based on progress made over the past few meetings. I absolutely love when I can see the changes happening before my eyes!

This is something that has really controlled a lot in my life. It’s actually kept me mediocre when I know I could be great. Not great like people bow down to me but great as in thriving in my life. I have all the tools to be successful in my life. I have my own Skool, knowledge and skills to make a thriving mindset business. But fear… It chains me to my own prison of my own making. Over eagerness in the past made my family and I almost homeless. Thankfully we had family to move in with when the rug was pulled out from under us. But now that pain still lives and we have no family to help us if the rug gets pulled again. And the truth is we’re drowning financially. My wife is working too much for too little and I’m stuck with kids while I’m on disability. The fear of losing my disability before I can support my family is paralyzing me. I’m stuck between panic and poverty and burn out. I know I’m good at helping people. A 20 minute conversation with a friend of mine and I helped them relax and get work done and be integrated with their motivation and stability to enjoy their vacation and still get work done without feeling guilty for either. But when it comes to putting myself out there I freeze.

There was a question that brother @Gary Hults presented the other night, and I continue to think about my answer. The question was: "if your private life was projected on a screen, what would you hope no one sees?" I said that I wouldn't want people to see how vulnerable I really was, or how scared I can be....but in retrospect, does it really matter? Let people see...most people are going to see what they want to see anyway. Besides, we are all humans. Yes, we all have our differences, but we are all human. We have emotions and feelings, and us as men, usually are told to supress and supress. But what happens? The pressure gets too built up and we explode, shrapnel striking anyone in its path...wife, kids, relationships, self care, self worth, and so on and so on. For myself, there are times I get vulnerable, I do get scared, I do resort back to the 15 year old kid that didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. I do at times want to just cry and have someone give me a hug. I am a man, I am a human, and I feel. There is no shame in that. Let them see.

When pressure hits, what do you focus on most? As everyone can see this week the polls are about leadership. If you’re not there yet that’s ok. That just means it’s something we need to start working towards. Please select other if that’s the case and let’s choose one area you can start working on.

@Gary Hults is the latest guest on Gloria Rosario's Podcast "Gloing Off Script" talking about himself, Northman Coaching, and Northman Brotherhood. Check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2S63ny2fX5vfpPJ4xtXRXf?si=Y7MPJIjVQDelf0sY5L7syQ