“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live." -Lao Tzu In Freed To Lead, Carmen San Diego gets into Courageous Vulnerability, “The F3 Nation has enabled my journey as one of HIM by giving me the choice of overcoming my biased nature through

“Mama said they’d take me anywhere. She said they was my magic shoes.” -Forrest, Forrest Gump Lace up your magic shoes and join YHC on the Q tomorrow at the Run/Ruck site F3Catalyst. They could take us anywhere, but like Forrest, we’ll run until they tell us to stop (and turn

“What’s my destiny, Mama?” Mrs. Gump: “You’re gonna have to figure that out for yourself.” Running or rucking was destiny’s child for these 25 HIM at F3Catalyst this AM. COT compared Forrest Gump’s simple, but focused approach to F3Omaha. Be intentional about “Just Post” and

"I ain't got time to bleed." -Blain (Jesse Ventura, Predator) Speaking of fragility, nothing makes me happier than seeing an F3Omaha Brother come back from a long-term injury. It reminds me I ain’t got time for minor injuries, lack of recovery rest or fart sacking! Freed To

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” —John 15:13 Start your Memorial Morning in honor of Lt. Michael Murphy with a Smurph at 5:15am. Then join YHC at F3TheRiptide for a beat down you won’t soon forget! 5:15 Smurph 6:15 Beat Down 7:02

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” -John F. Kennedy These 7 HIM joined me at F3TheRiptide for a 21 gun salute style beat down this AM! We put numbers 3, 7 and 21 into action and learned

“I’m a man. I’m forty!” -Mike Gundy, College Football Coach Spiritual apprehension forgoes intellectual proof and logical reasoning and instead uses insight and discernment to grasp spiritual concepts. The more I lean into life’s ultimate Good book, the better I feel the Holy

“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” -Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Before F3Omaha, workout clothes in my suitcase had at least a 75% chance of getting unpacked clean. There are a lot of reasons the success rate for

“Humility is the solid foundation for all virtues.” -Confucius The fear of humiliation often hinders my ability to practice effective humility. The rocky results are unnecessary rifts, overcompensation, hiding limitations and a stubbornness to learn from others. The consistency

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together." — Woodrow Wilson Pre-runs, parking lots and coupons all have one thing in common: cement. And for me, cementing Fellowship is the key ingredient in the F3Omaha secret sauce. Malko’s relatable Freed To Lead

“The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.” -Warren Buffet Someone once said: if you meet your heroes, you’re always going to be disappointed. Getting to not only meet, but also to know, to suffer alongside, to hear F3 history, to stand in a COT and to share a cup of

“Treat yourself as if you were someone you are responsible for helping.” -Jordan Peterson This Peterson rule for life reminds me of the airplane instruction to "put on your own oxygen mask first before assisting others.” I purport a willingness to trade my life for my family in

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self" -Ernest Hemingway Jordan Peterson has said something similar, “compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.” For me The Gloom has

“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” - Gonzo, The Muppet Movie I’ve heard 18 is the perfect PAX number for a beat down. I can appreciate 30+ at a VQ. 50-60 at a flag pass is not uncommon. F3 board members draw crowds of 60-70+, exciting numbers in

“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” -John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher If you’re curious on the forces of evil in this world spend five nights in Las Vegas, eyewitness accounts can be found up and down The

“Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.” –Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman Never has ending in a Circle of Trust felt so much like a great beginning. In real-time, fifty-plus PAX watched a man morph

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” -George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright Bigger muscles, longer & faster runs and coherent Mumblechatter…all tangible signs my Fitness (F1) is progressing with F3Omaha.

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” -Confucius Get Right. Live Right.

“What is now proved was once only imagined" -William Blake, English poet 22 HIM made reality today. But in reality, any day of posting with F3Omaha brings blessings I never once imagined. In Freed To Lead, Flo Rida talks fruition, “one of the things that I found most

“We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.” -Ben Sweetland, author It’s torch passing season around F3Omaha and bearing witness gets me excited for the newly appointed while appreciating its predecessors. Freed To Lead gets into what leads to