06/25/2021 - Dark Tower - The Battle of Little Big Horn – Eagles and Crows
AO: Dark Tower
When: 06/25/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 18
Pax Names: AOL, Carmen SanDiego, Chachki, Corningstone, Glenn, Indeed, Muggsy, Overthrow, Persian Kitten, Radio Flyer, Sam Walton, Shandy, Skilling, Snoop-A-Loop, Sparky,
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QIC: Blues Clues
Introduction
Thunderstorms kept most PAX up all night and while the lightning cleared by 5am, the rain did not…some Guns n Roses Civil War served as the prelude to a soaked upper body blast ahead…
Warm-O-Rama
Tie Fighters
Tappy Taps
Abe Vigoda’s
Mosey (Figure 8)
The Thang
Thang #1 – Modified 4 Corners – The Battle of Little Big Horn
PAX partnered up, did 5-9 minutes AMRAP of two exercises at each Corner around the AO:
- West Circle #1
- Bent Over Rows
- Sideways Bear Crawls around circle
- Bridge/Restaurant #2
- Hand Release Merkins
- Bridge Pull Ups (5x)
- Dark Tower #3
- Dips
- Walking Curls around DT
- East Circle #4
- Sitting Bulls (Curbside BigBoy Situps with Coupon)
- Custer’s Coupon Swings (Coupon Swings with swag x10)
Called 60 second time out at one point to demo the proper Squat form. Help another PAX out the next time we do squats. This is “correction” as virtuous leaders among our F3 brothers. Don’t break your back, Aye?
Circle of Trust
Before CoT each PAX was asked to look another PAX in the eye and tell them they did a good job today.
“Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.” -Chief Sitting Bull
I share this quote today as it’s June 25th which is the anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. AKA Custer’s last stand.
This was a brutal battle that basically destroyed all of Custer’s army and was a major victory for the tribes defending their land, and their belief in their rights.
Think about what this quote might mean to you…what do you think?
To me, there is something about what we see and how we respond to what we see that creates who we are.
See weeks before the Battle of Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull had a vision come to him. And what he saw in that vision was victory. He shared this with his fellow warriors. If you know anything about the Law of Attraction, you can understand the level of confidence Sitting Bull and his warriors had going into that battle…having seen Victory in their eyes already.
This gave them a feeling to act upon and they listened to it. Custer had arrogance in his which blinded his vison completely.
As leaders, we’re often exposed to difficult situations and we have to make decisions. For me, this quote leans on following what we see in these difficult moments especially…going with our gut feeling in a humble and communal way vs. an arrogant or over confident way.
Think about that the next time you have a tough decision ahead of you. Know you are all High Impact Men circling with me here today…looking each other in the eye…you are all Eagles…that’s a leader in my book…and it’s not necessary to be a Crow.
Prayers.
Naked Man Moleskin
Today’s Playlist Carried Some Tribute to the Battle of Little Big Horn:
- Civil War – Guns n Roses
- Freedom – Rage Against the Machine
- Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
- The Four Horsemen – Metallica
- Welcome to the Jungle – Guns n Roses
- Testify – Rage Against the Machine
- Them Bones – Alice In Chains
- Sleep Now in the Fire – Rage Against the Machine
- Seek and Destroy – Metallica