View from the Summit

This week, Aaron interviewed best-selling author, Bob Berg about his book Adversaries into Allies.  The insights and tips in this 50-minute interview can be used in your professional, personal and spiritual life.

Let me be the first to raise my hand on lessons learned the hard way. I got married early, 19 years old; Robin was 18, two weeks out of high school. I don’t need to tell you how selfish most young adults are at this age. 

As I think about relationships, and the importance of them, my relationship with my wife is only second to my relationship with Christ. This took me years to finally understand and fully comprehend the full impact of putting my wife in the correct order. I openly admit that my personal desires trumped everything early on. 

I have chosen “relationships” for the month of August.  When we normally discuss relationships, we immediately think of another person.  However, we have relationships with many things outside of individuals. This post is not going to resonate and be received well by many people, and I want to go ahead and clear the air and say, I’m okay with that.  I also want to say that I’m not being condescending, condemning or judgmental. 

Every single day I get the privilege to coach men, locally and abroad.  I have built relationships as a result of this profession that I could never have had if I had stayed in a traditional bricks and mortar business.  I’m so grateful for this tremendous blessing.  There is one glaring obstacle, hindrance, addiction, habit, and desire I see all the time, alcohol.  As the title of this post so eloquently says, “every fiber of my body hates alcohol” is the strongest, truest, and most deliberate title I could muster up.  I suppose I could have inserted the word “loathe," and this may have described my disdain more adequate.

As men, we were not created to do life alone.  At any stage of his life, a man should learn from others while simultaneously sharing what he has learned.  He should be a teacher and a student.  A mentor and be mentored.

To facilitate this, The Community has announced an added value to all members by allowing them to post their blogs directly on The Community site.  While only members will be able to post and comment, all visitors will be able to read and learn from the content.

"The wisdom, engagement, and inspiration in The Community is amazing!" said Aaron Walker, founder of view From the Top. "We want to help men live a life of success and significance."  Members posting to the blog will be another valuable tool for the men of The Community.