Date: 06/06/2026
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 AM
Location: The Fortress
Leadership Ruck
Pax: 9 Total
Callahan
Isosceles
Stark
Oil Change
Norm
Mantis (Stark/Coconut Kotter)
Longhorn
Coconut
Tarnished – Q
F3 Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Mission: To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
5 Core Principles:
Free of charge
Open to all men
Always held outdoors
Led in a rotating fashion by men participating in the workout
Ends in a circle of trust
Credo/Disclaimer
Discussion:
Q Source Leadership Discussion: Exhortation (Q3.7) Incentivizing the Breach of Obstacles
1. Obstacles Stop Movement
The Q Source teaches that leadership is about creating and sustaining movement. Obstacles are anything that threatens that movement. Without exhortation, even a compelling vision can stall when the first obstacle appears.
Question # 1: What obstacles most commonly stop men from pursuing growth today?
2. Fear Is Often Worse Than Reality
The lesson argues that the fear of pain and chaos is usually more powerful than the actual hardship itself. Once we step through the obstacle, we often discover we were capable all along.
Questions # 2: What is a challenge in your life that looked like a mountain before you started but became a molehill once you got moving?
3. Exhortation Requires Both Empathy and Correction
The effective leader can say: "I've been where you are."
But he can also say: "You're capable of more than you're currently demanding of yourself."
Empathy without correction becomes enabling.
Correction without empathy becomes bullying.
Exhortation requires both.
Question # 3: Why is it difficult to balance compassion and accountability?
Final Question: Can a leader exhort people through an obstacle he has never personally faced?
Takeaway
Exhortation = Empathy + Correction + Action
A leader says: "I know how hard this is because I've been there. But I care too much about you to let you stay there."
That idea tends to generate some of the best discussion because nearly every man can identify either a moment when someone did that for him—or a moment when someone should have.
Commentary from the Q: We had the bonus of seeing Thor and family just before leaving for their summer trip out west during our ruck. Safe travels! Great to meet Mantis and having him return to the gloom.
COT
Count-O-Rama
Name-O-Rama
6: Mantis
Announcements
Prayer
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