What Does Great Look Like and Why Should I Care?
Fr. Wade Bass
February 26, 2019
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Event Recap
Event Recap
Small Group Discussion Questions
Small Group Discussion Questions
- Why is it difficult for guys to be great?
- What can each of us do about it?
Action Items
Action Items
- Think about one thing you will do different.
- Bring a Friend.
THE MAN IN THE ARENA
THE MAN IN THE ARENA
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Excerpt from the speech "Citizenship In A Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France on 23 April, 1910
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What does Great look like and why should I care?
What does Great look like and why should I care?
A Great Man isn't mediocre. In other words, a Great Man is either hot or cold, never lukewarm.
Why is it difficult for a man to be great?
Why is it difficult for a man to be great?
In general: Giving-in to indifference. Specifically, indifference towards your children, wife and God.
Why is it difficult to be a great husband?
Why is it difficult to be a great husband?
- Communication
- Empathy challenged, selfish
- Complacency, laziness, stagnation
- Time challenged, lack of focus
- Work/life out of balance
- Pride, fear of being vulnerable - getting in the arena
- No prayer life
What can we do about it?
What can we do about it?
- Be present - check-in, listen, use positive body language
- Self-donation (agape love
- Taking initiative
- Set roles & expectations
Why is it difficult to be a great father?
Why is it difficult to be a great father?
- Work
- Different personalities of kids
- Energy/Time
- Usually default to playing the role of 'bad cop'
- Technology - 'always-on', no down time
Why is it difficult to be a great friend?
Why is it difficult to be a great friend?
- Ego, Lack of authenticity - have humility, be vulnerable
- Not taking the time - plan and take action
- Lack of boundaries - be open
- Lack of faith - fellowship in a Christian community
- Children - you need your own time
- Accountability - show-up
Why is it difficult to be a great colleague?
Why is it difficult to be a great colleague?
- Cut-throat, competitive work environment or we're too needy
- Risk of backlash, political correctness
- Too much focus on work, lack of investment in relationships with colleagues, especially if they have a different background
What can we do about it?
What can we do about it?
- Adopt a millennial mindset of work as vocation
- Minimize technology distractions
- set a goal
- Be present and unselfish
Why is it difficult to be a great Christian?
Why is it difficult to be a great Christian?
- Women
- It's counter-cultural to the world
- Hypocrisy
- Indifference
- Politics
- Prioritization
- Confidence (too much or a lack thereof)
- Lack of empathy
What can we do about it?
What can we do about it?
- Build a relationship with God and prioritize him over the world
- Choose relationships more wisely
- Forgive yourself
- Create a plan
- Be a good role model
- Pray
- Alms giving
- Respect others
- Seek truth
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