I Call Them eXtra-men

Where Are The eXtra-men In Your World?

I Call Them eXtra-men – Part 1

Can you see the extraordinary people in your world?

Heroes don’t just exist in comic books, you know. Neither are special powers limited to imaginary characters. In fact, you can find them all around you today, if you look for them. I’ve heard it said, whatever you look for is what you find. Whatever you look for, which is known as searching or seeking, builds your faith in the object of your attention. In other words, you cause those things that don’t exist to exist.

In this set of messages, I want to take a moment to help you reveal the “holy” men and women you have in your world. To demonstrate this I’d like to give you some real examples. I’m going to leave out names in this web-post because the names (as important as they are to me) aren’t necessary to conveying this thought. Over the next several web-posts I will highlight one of our friends and how they fall into the category of being an uncommon (“holy”) person. I call them eXtra-men.

To master aspects of life that I wish I master, takes an example.

Now would be the perfect time to tell you about my mastermind group. Let me define what it is. It’s a group of people who master some aspect of life that can be of benefit to influencing my own and others in the group.

I set out on this journey to identify the smartest men I could put my hands on, to form a group of friends. These men would use their gifts as identified and defined in the group to sharpen each other. You see, you can’t get out of life what you’re not intentional about. Remember as I said earlier, you will find whatever it is you’re looking for. Regular people aren’t looking for anything so you know what they find…nothing. Let’s continue by exploring how the mastermind group works.

How this group works?

Each month we schedule a meeting time in a location that works for us all. For our mastermind, we meet in the cafe’ of our local public library. During this meeting which lasts just under two hours, we discuss our purpose, passions, successes, failures, and challenges. We lean on each other to build confidence, strength, and encouragement. You’d be surprised at how inferior it can make you feel when you hear the accomplishments of others, but at the same time push you to do and become more. These talks make you want to do more with your life, your time, and your family.

“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” – bible.com/116/pro.27.17.nlt

Surely you’ve heard this before, but let me say it a different way. Iron is the only thing that can sharpen iron and a friend is the only thing that can sharpen a friend. How are you being sharpened? Do you have friends in your life (your world) that can sharpen you? Normal people accept friends who make them dull. Dull when it comes to their personal life. Dull when it comes to their jobs. Dull when it comes to their relationships. Dull when it comes to making an impact on others. Dull when it comes to their spiritual life.

Over the next several web-posts, I will share with you the attributes that make my friends “holy” and how these guys sharpen me in the following ways:

Learning to use my creative abilities and step out on a limb.
Having an overseer keeps me safe from even myself.
Every great team member must have determination.
Believing that it’s never too late to be great.
Family, friendship, and longevity take on new meaning.
Picturing greatness is necessary to be great.
Tag-teaming is how couples inspire other couples in how to do life well.

I hope you’re looking forward to hearing each one these examples of some truly “holy” men because I’m excited to share them with you and even more excited that these extraordinary human-beings are my friends. I think you should start your own mastermind and the journey of finding the “holy” men and women in your life. Until next time…share this web-post with your friends.

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