I’m in a chat group with eight electrical contractor business owners. We’ve been talking for five or six years. CRM software. Pricing. Systems. The usual. A few months ago I started bringing something different to the table. I started asking them about their people. Not how to get more out of them. Just, are you actually watching them? Noticing when something’s off. When the energy shifts. When a guy who’s always loud goes quiet. Almost every single one of them said the same thing. I wish I had paid more attention. I wish I had actually listened. I wish I had taken it seriously. Most of us think we’re present. We’re in the room. We’re watching. But there’s a difference between watching and actually seeing. Between hearing words and actually listening. And we’re so wired to jump in and fix things that we blow right past what’s actually going on. I’ve done it with my guys at work. Done it with Kim. She comes home with something on her mind and I’m already solving it before she gets through the door. That’s not presence. That’s just impatience dressed up as helpfulness. Done it with Maddie too. Watching her struggle through something new and having to sit on my hands because she doesn’t need me to solve it. She needs to feel it and get through it herself. That’s the hardest thing. Removing the need to fix. And just being present enough to actually notice what’s in front of you. So the question this week is simple. Who are you watching right now that you’re not actually seeing?

I'm going to challenge every man in this community to do something ridiculously simple this month. Walk for 10 minutes every single day. Not when it's convenient. Not when the weather is perfect. Not when you're feeling motivated. Every day. And before anyone tells me they're too busy, I'm going to push back a little. If we can't find 10 minutes in a 24-hour day, we probably need to take a hard look at where our time is actually going. Most of us spend more than 10 minutes scrolling social media without even realizing it. Here's the other part of the challenge. No earbuds. No music. No podcasts. No distractions. Just you and your thoughts. Or you and your wife. You and your kids. You and the dog. Whatever it looks like, the goal is to actually be present instead of constantly consuming something. Most of us wake up and immediately start filling our heads with noise. Work. Emails. Instagram. YouTube. Podcasts. News. By the end of the day we wonder why our minds feel cluttered and exhausted. Walking without distractions creates space. Space to think. Space to breathe. Space to notice what's actually going on in your life. There are obvious physical benefits too. Better cardiovascular health, improved recovery, lower stress levels, better sleep, more daily movement. But honestly, that's not the main reason I'm posting this. The real benefit is keeping a promise to yourself. My personal goal is going to be 5 km every day this month. That's my commitment. Your commitment is a minimum of 10 minutes. Every. Single. Day. What I love about doing this as a community is that it becomes bigger than any one person. There's something powerful about knowing there are other men in here doing the exact same thing. Not because it's exciting. Not because it's life-changing. Simply because they said they would. That's how trust gets built. That's how momentum gets built. One small promise. Kept consistently. If you're in, drop a comment below with either "10 Minutes" or "5K" and let's see how many men we can get moving this month.

Every man has those days where everything feels heavier than it should. You’re not broken for feeling that way. It’s part of the process. What’s one thing that helps you get your head above water when life feels like too much?

Tyson finally using the cold plunge after looking at it since last Saturday morning setup. Thanks for the inspo Kevin.

I’m sitting in a waiting room getting my cars oil change today. I’m noticing so many tired faces, self consumed people, eating fast food, plugging away on phones, not making any eye contact. Two TVs are on. One being a dope Korean story of dedication and war, the other, little house in the prairie. No one’s watching either. Brought me to how I am not the same as the people in room. Then the deeper dive starts. I’ve spent my entire life in sports teams and behavioral health and social work. Dissection of opponents on opposite teams, beating defenses, finding holes and knifing through them. How does all of this apply to my life now? what does full circle mean? Is it a completion? Or is it an evolution of the skills we’ve learned to apply to the next step? I landed at using the skills that I’ve known and used to be successful in my lifetime as “the way”. No wheel needed to be recreated. The experiences speak for themselves. The daily consistent practices. Full circle ⭕️ may mean realizing the importance of simplicity in practices and consistency it takes to implement the changes. Then going out and continuing the journey in the similar way but bring the knowledge to others. What does full circle mean to you?