Holiday Yuletide Cheer

Date: 2023-12-16
AO: olympus
Q: Rambler
PAX: Peanuts, Doodles, Juneau, Blue Steel, Popeyes, Obadiah, Ashe, Dr J, Pole’er, Rollingstone, Monk, Hightower, YNAB, Odyssey, Mongoose, Molecule FNGs: 3 Odyssey, Mongoose, Molecule
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: Arm Circles, Hill Billy, 6/7 Count Cherry Picker, Kneeling Rotation, Crab Knee Twist, Child Pose Stretch
THE THANG: Procedure, Procedure, Procedure. The PAX tried to meet time requirements – but challenges persisted. Started with over 30 coupons incl assortment of logs, cindys, plates, shake weights, and rice bags. P1. Rifle carry mosey coupons across field and stack neatly. Return to other side of field. P2. 8 burpees. P3. Bear crawl to 50. mosey back to end zone. P4. 6 Burpees. P5. Run to coupons. execute 2 sets of man-making burpee bobbys. Cries of the people increased. P6. mosey return to end zone w 1 coupon. P7. 2 Burpees. P8. MB to 40 yard line. P8. 25xWWII w coupon. P9. mosey/bicep curl to end zone w 1 coupon. P10. 20 merkins. P11. lunge walk to 40 yard position w 2 coupons. P12. 30 Overhead presses w coupon. P13. mosey back to start position w coupon. P14. 3 burpees. P15. Clear all coupons from field – with haste! MARY: Ultimate
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hat Order, Jan 11 HH
COT: Nano designated this weeks Q source on trust. Here are some headline items from the Q-source on this topic: 1. trust is an essential element of shared leadership. 2. stress testing builds reliance – reliance is the heart of trust. 3. share pain builds trust. Most of the items are in relationship to building teams and trust as an essential leadership trait. Some of my personal observations / experiences with trust (not all directly related / but relational to each other): a. the importance of following through on a commitment. If you say you are going to do something – do it. In cases where the father figures in my life that demonstrated this – I have strong bonds and an ‘easy’ relationship. Where there were father figures that had words but not consistent actions – much more difficult relationships. b. Trust – hard to earn, ez to break. At a high level I agree with this hard and fast rule. that said, i think trust is important to couple with empathy, patience and context. the nature of the relationship could cause someone to commit with out them fully understanding your expectation or their understanding of their capability. c. trust can also be challenged by the other party not being aligned to your value structure – doesn’t make them a bad person or to reject out of hand – important to understand though. The older I get I am balancing 2 perspectives: a. i’m close to 50 and have little patience w people not following through and b. recognizing people are flawed. They have their own battles and most people are just trying to find their way – but good intent is the foundation; So I work towards: 1. trust myself to do the right thing and follow through on my commitments; 2. trust that people have good intent and though flawed it doesn’t mean we can’t build on enhancing trust in the relationship. overall i think this posture is helpful for our community of men, but also our broader community and just a healthy way to be and encourage the same for you.