Listen "4 Keys for Personal Alignment"
Episode Synopsis
Get your free Personal Reboot Guide at www.theconfidentman.meCheck out more resources to help you as a man at David Maxwell CoachingHave you ever wondered why we seem to have giant swings in life? It often feels like things are either going really well or they're out of control! Balancing all our roles as men can be difficult. Burnout and escapism are the common issues men deal with when life is out of control. The key to long-term success is bringing the key areas of our life into alignment. This helps us have the strength and endurance we need for all the things life throws at us. There are 4 key areas every man must keep in alignment: Mental, Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual. Keeping these in balance will help us get ahead and quit playing the forever game of catch-up.Mental PrioritiesMental priorities are the ways we think and how we are keeping our minds fresh and growingOur minds are important and we have the responsibility of keeping them fresh and growingThis means engaging with new thoughts and ideasEngaging our minds is done in different ways based on us as menThe importance of varietyControl your decisionsWe can keep our minds alert and freshIt takes doing things intentionally and working our brain like a musclePhysical PrioritiesWe live in our bodies and it is the only one we haveWe take care of ourselves as men so we have the most energy and ability for our everyday lifeLife takes energy and when we are extremely out of shape we can't bring all of ourselves to lifeHealthy Eating and ExerciseThe reality of our physical side starts with leadershipWe must lead ourselvesEmotional PrioritiesMen are naturally passionatePassions are something to embrace and use as a force of strengthMen love being passionate because men have powerful emotionsWe want to channel those emotions into areas that empower our lives as menThe problem is that many men were never shown what to do with their emotionsMany men live their whole lives based on emotional wounds from when they were youngWe should grow our emotions like our musclesSpiritual PrioritiesThe secularization of our society has not helped us as menWe are different from animals because we were created as spiritual creaturesGod created us to have a spiritual connectionMen across the world have abandoned their spirituality for the practicalWe were designed to be spiritual leadersBeing spiritual doesn't mean not being manlyWithout a connection to the God of the Bible, we won't be able to fully engage our design as men
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