A man is what he does daily. Not what he posts. Not what he says he believes. What his hands and his feet and his hours actually do.
This checklist is the floor. Hit ten out of ten today.
DAILY OPS
Lions Don't Bow
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Morning
Read Scripture before phone. One chapter minimum. No notifications first.
Cold water on the face. Thirty seconds. Wakes the vagal system.
Five minutes of slow breathing. In through the nose for four. Out through the mouth for six to eight. Drops cortisol.
Move your body for thirty minutes. Lift, walk, run, swim. Move.
Throughout The Day
Pray for your wife by name. Specifically. By name. For something real she is carrying.
Pray for each child by name. One by one. Not as a group. Each child.
Lead one moment in your home. A blessing at dinner. A check-in. A decision. One.
Have one hard conversation — or schedule one. The thing you have been avoiding.
Evening
No phone in the bedroom. Charge it in another room.
Sleep before eleven. The man who sleeps poorly cannot lead anything.
“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.”
1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Print it. Tape it to the bathroom mirror. Make it normal.