Nothing but a Coconut party

It was a nice morning with lots of EC going on before the official 0630 start of the Coconut Horse.  There was EC running.  There was EC rucking.  Scrat showed up.  It was awesome.  It was cool.  There was a breeze.  You could say there was a cool breeze. There was not a cool change, as we ran the same route and rucked the same ruck route to put Scrat up.  Maybe next time I will change it up and we can call it cool change…unless the weather is too warm.  Warm change doesn’t have the same flair and I don’t think the Little River Band or anybody else ever wrote a song called warm change…or hot change for that matter.  Maybe someone should?  That is a debate for another day.  I digress.

Just like synchronized clocks, everyone returned at the same time.  Whoopee, Scrat, Hunchback, and YHC rucked and the rest ran.  Flintstone showed up for Q-Source and tried to get in the name-o-rama as Short Sale, who was not there.  What the heck is this sorcery?

For Q-Source we covered Chapter Two of the Dichotomy of Leadership. “Own it all, but Empower Others”.  A leader must be in charge but cannot be a micromanager or the troops will not initiate action but rather wait to be told what to do.

If you are hands off as a leader, the troops will initiate action but will not be aligned to the greater strategic goals.  You must be looking out and around but not always down and in.  You have to balance the two extremes.  (hence, the dichotomy)

Prayer Requests:  Flinstone’s parents, Huckleberry,

Announcements:  Midoriyama Convergeance April 29th at 0700.   Time Laps training runs Sundays at 2 at Seven Oaks trail.

Second F Lunch at Papa’s and Beer’s in Dallas on April 26th

If you are reading this, know that I appreciate you.  All the PAX of F3 Gastonia have a culture of brotherhood and will be there when we are needed.  Please let us know if you are going through a struggle so we can pray and take action as needed.  ISI

Roscoe