Here, to spark a flame in your man soul, are actual unedited examples of Man Journey Goals crafted by 3 of the young men in my circle from recent years.
Don’t try to figure out who these guys are LOL. I’ve helped 135 young men over the years. You don’t need to know.
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EXAMPLE 1:
1) Learn discipline to save money (create a budget),
2) Learn how to be happy alone. I need to be successful as a single.
3) Work on my self-confidence and who I am.
4) And how to be a Leader for my family. I need to get ready for my family.
5) I need to conquer porn. I hate it (told to me with tears). I want live pure (also told to me with tears).
6) I need to peel off the toxic layers from my previous X.
7) Self Discipline. I really need this.
8) I want what you and Jamie had: You didn’t ‘need’ each other. You were happy and confident with life on your own, when you met.
EXAMPLE 2:
1. Lust
– with both sexes – I have some same-sex attraction
– learning to look at girls from the neck up
– washing of the Word over my mind
2. Independence
– from my parents
– to be married – to find a wife
– fear of lusting more when I am away from home and out from their covering
– fear of how me leaving home will affect my parents because of my love for them
3. Confidence
– In my walk as a man of God
– Sonship – Understanding how much He really loves me
– Confidence around girls
– Confidence around guys
– Answering the question: “What am I doing to attract guys?”
4. Friendships
– The ebb and flow of friendships – letting them happen. Being more purposeful with them
– Stop fearing “rejection” by friends, peers, mentors, girls.
– Being comfortable with me.
– Getting the wrong people out.
– Getting the right people in.
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EXAMPLE 3:
1) Arsenal Building
– Finding passages on areas I want to grow in
– Meditating on them,until they are a PART of me.
* 2 passages per month: 1 year = 24 tools in my Word Arsenal in a year.
2) Be More Independent
– making decisions without my family’s input or approval
– Liking what I want to like and being comfortable with it
(How does real independence really look? It is not smug. It is not arrogant.)
3) Being Confident in My Beliefs and Doctrines
– How do my beliefs and doctrines grow and become established?
(by growing in your arsenal)
4) Work / Career
– By Year 201 _ : learn more from (employer) – have a solid 2 years in with them.
– By year 201 _ : move to younger more leading edge company / leader
– What do I enjoy doing the most? (My God-given gifts)
– What do I accel at?
5) Personal Growth / Personality Growth
– Picking my battles. (using my energy for what really matters)
– Knowing when to speak
– Knowing when to shut up.
– Proverbs – Mark in my Bible the verses on THE TONGUE / WORDS / WISDOM
Mark advised: “Focus on your strengths. Spend most of your time polishing your strengths”
“Concerning your weaknesses, surround yourself with those who are strong where you are weak.”
6) Nurture Friendships at all 3 Plains:
a) Those Who Mentor me
b) Peers / Friends along side of me
c) Those I am supposed to mentor
I want to have at least 2 “Level 5” Relationships in all 3 Plains of Friendship.
I need to realize some friendships are season. They fluctuate.
Others are for life, and I must nurture them: (calls, texts, meals, sports, music, face to face, trips)
Mark: You already have the traits and gifts to be a great friend.
-Be Intentional
-Call, Text more regularly
-Be LED by the Spirit to reach out
And the REACH out when you are led.
7) Be A Man of Influence
-Not an Influencee
-Set boundaries of who will influence me. Who do I hang with? Who manipulates me?
8) Trust (Sometime I trust too much)
– Be independent in my decisions
– Be independent in my own beliefs
– Confidence
9) Be a Man of Discipline not Religion Structures
Well gentlemen, these are some stout Man Journey goals!
I am honored and proud to say that the young men who wrote these Man Journey goals are well on their way to completing them. Some have fully completed them.
Ready to pursue their woman. Ready for their kids, their Calling, their Destiny.
Happy, comfortable, confident Sons of the Most High God.
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