Do you want success or significance? Warren Peterson had success, but when he lost his stuff he despaired to the point of planning his suicide. Thankfully, God stopped him and now he helps men pursue living a life of significance.
This episode reveals Warren’s journey from despair to finding a life worth living and how he can help you discover ways to become more significant in the eyes of God, your family and the world.
ABOUT THIS SHOW:
- Warren tells the story about how God spared him from suicide
- The path to significance requires honesty
- Community is critical for men to become significant
From Success to Suicide to Significance:
Here are some of the most important things for men to focus on to become significant:
#1: Be constantly building a life that’s bigger than your stuff.
Success doesn’t equal stuff. Remember the story of Job who lost everything and still praised God?
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#2: Tell yourself the truth about your situation
Telling the truth means baring all to your wife and a couple of trusted friends, but it doesn’t mean indiscriminately telling your kids or the world.
#3: Find a group of men where you can be honest.
Life is too hard and precarious to face alone. You are not an island. Pray that God will show you some men with whom you can walk for this next season as you pursue becoming more significant in all parts of your life.
#4: If you can’t find someone to join you in your corner, focus on becoming the kind of man who joins others in their corner
#5: Intentionality is important. Plan ahead for the hard times that are sure to come
Aaron Walker describes the importance of being part of a mastermind in episode 022.
RESOURCES:
Learn about the 6-week course here: http://significantman.com/
Buy Warren’s book here.
Today Daddy – a short story about investing in our families
Join the Significant Man Legion Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheSignificantManLegion
Time Stamp Show Notes
1:16 – Secret of being content
2:20 – Baseball card stats
3:38 – Faith story
5:00 – How his faith saved him from suicide
8:30 – Where did faith show up when planning suicide
10:43 – How it changed him to become a significant man
12:25 – Waiting for significance and the path to it
16:12 – Offerings for significant man – The book, group and live events and Facebook group
18:00 – What to focus on to become significant
18:12 – #1: Be constantly building a life that’s bigger than your stuff
22:46 – #2: Tell yourself the truth about your situation
27:22 – Explains who to be truthful to
30:00 – #3: Find a group of men where you can be honest
31:03 – #4: If you can’t find someone to join you in your corner, focus on becoming the kind of man who joins others in their corner
34:02 – #5: Intentionality is important. Plan ahead for the hard times that are sure to come
34:44 – Aaron Walker describes the importance of being part of a mastermind in episode 022
38:05 – Why it is important to be in a group with other men
44:47 – To find the 6 week course go to www.significantman.com
45:00 – Closing thoughts – His book Becoming a Significant man
45:55 – Closing prayer