Mental Strength Habits Of A Purpose Focused Man – Part 15

Welcome back the continuation of this series entitled “Mental Strength Habits Of A Purpose Focused Man”

We’ve been breaking down 21 habits of a purposed focused man one. A man with a purpose driven life exhibits specific qualities in 5 segments of his life, these segments are:

• Mental
• Physical
• Emotional
• Financial
• Spiritual

If this is your first time here the link back to “Mental Strength Habits Of A Purpose Focused Man – Part I.

There is no “mid-life crisis” for men…generally speaking.

This “mid-life crisis” for men is, is just a lack of focus and purpose.  When men lose their purpose, they also lose our focus.  When they lose their focus they feel lost.  And many men attempt to find themselves in unproductive behaviors.

My main point of these posts and my private intensive, The 2^nd Passage, is to help men realize that they do have a mission and purpose in life.  And once they find it they can live a life of power, purpose, passion and perseverance!

My hope is that through these series of posts and The 2^nd Passage Intensive, I will help men who, admittedly or not, are experiencing a mid-life emptiness and guide them back to manhood and step into their masculinity…without becoming a jerk.

We’ve already covered the mental qualities and well into the emotional habits of a highly focused purpose driven man.  We’ll continue with my favorite physical habit:

Physical Exercise:

Purpose Focused Man

• Regular (4 -5 days per week) of vigorous exercise that includes aerobic and strength training

• They boost their energy by working out and exercising

• Enjoy the challenge of physically and mentally pushing themselves

• They know that oxygen and oxygen is the key to peak performance

• Enjoys exhaustion

A man with a purposed driven life knows the importance of extreme physical exercise and looks forward the feeling of exhaustion afterwards.

A man with a purpose focus life knows that physical exercise is not just walking around the block.  He understands the importance of pushing himself physically so that he will also develop more mental strength.

He makes sure he schedules his workouts ahead of time and let’s noting get in the way of doing them.

A man with purpose driven life exercise at least 4-5 times per week knowing that as he exercises he’ll gain more energy to do the things he is on the earth to do.

No Life Purpose, Unfocused Man

• Physically stagnate

• No desire to exercise

• Perceives they don’t have the time

• Don’t have the discipline, mental strength or organization to put together a regular exercise routine

• Most virtually exercise via TV watching others, i.e. football, basketball, bicycling and even video games.

A man with no life purpose perceives he has no time to workout, wasting his time on unimportant reading or watching TV.

A man without a purpose driven life thinks that life should be easy and see’s exercise as hard and painful.

A man without a purpose driven life will let any distraction keep from working out and justifies the distraction as being important.

Self Assessment

Physical Exercise: The habit of participating in regular aerobic exercise. Valuing the joy of exhaustion and the victory of spirit that results from the body and mind surpassing old physical limitations and expanding to met new physical challenges. The prevailing attitude that oxygen is the life source and the energy substance of vitality.

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OK…looking at the above mental strength emotional characteristic for a man with a purpose driven life, take the below survey and see how well you’re doing… and please have the courage to be honest with yourself.

Men, I’m sure by now you’re beginning to get a sense of where you are in Life.  Please remember there is not right or wrong place; it’s just where you are.  The question is, what are you going to do about it!

Are you courageous enough to take action and change?

If this post has raised some questions, consider investing in yourself, your vision and your life.  Take a look at The 2^nd Passage for a way to put your power, passion and purpose into action and life a purposed driven life.

I’ll leave you this quote’s:

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it”. ~Plato

“Physical fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence.” ~ JFK