Men Are Forged

Croft Edwards is a leadership and change coach and consultant based in Albuquerque, NM, USA. He is an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) who has been coaching and consulting since 2000. He brings a varied and unique perspective to his clients through his application of leadership from academic, practical and historical perspectives. Croft’s academic background includes history and business and his practical background is through military leadership and leading his own consulting practice- CROFT + Company, Inc. Since 2001 Croft has coached and facilitated with hundreds of individuals and organizations, from leaders and executives, to boots-on-the-ground team members, in both private and group settings. Has over 5,000 documented coaching hours. He is the author of LeadershipFlow | Perfectly Square: A Story About Learning to Lead and Transforming a Company.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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This is one of the hardest things for me is to just do it. Partly because of my personality not liking too much drastic change, but mostly my limiting beliefs and mindsets. 

“You're forged by doing something. You're forged by actually taking responsibility. And if you find yourself passionate about something, just do it…it's a whole lot easier to steer a moving vessel. If it's sitting still, it's very hard to change the direction of that thing, once it's moving. Just get doing something.”

Takeaway Questions from the interview:
What big moments in your life do you need to pay more attention to?
What could you take action with today?
How have you chosen safety over action in the last year?

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Chad M. Mansbridge is a pastor, author, conference speaker and one of Australia's most dynamic Bible teachers—known for his ability to communicate profound and complex truth with clarity, simplicity and a whole lot of fun! At just 23 years of age, Chad and his wife (Jaye) planted and pioneered Bayside Church International; a thriving local church located in Victor Harbor, on the south coast of South Australia, where they are currently serving their twentieth year of pastoral ministry. Chad’s latest book—You Can Handle the Truth—deals with the complex concern of how Christians should read, understand, and apply the Scriptures. Its conversational tone, innovative layout and original artwork makes it a standout in the hermeneutics space, with the goal of making the intimidating task of biblical interpretation as approachable as possible for the everyday believer. Endorsements for this project testify to its broad Christian appeal—with praise from Pentecostals and Presbyterians, professors and pastors, teen bloggers and bestselling authors, college presidents, prominent publishers, and even Bible translators—the book has recently been declared the GOLD Medallion winner in the Bible Study category for the 2022 Illumination Book Awards.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Failure reveals 2 things: How we see ourselves and what poor mindsets are holding us back. In failure, disappointment, and/or unmet expectations, we have to have identity above our actions and not dependent on them. Also, we have to develop mindsets that aren't dependent on the results but overcome them. Listen to my recap of Episode 89 with Eric Nickoli of BraveCo to find more on how failure is your key to success.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Eric Nickoli runs his own Consulting Business focused on helping his clients solve problems and establish scalable systems. With 14 years of experience in operations, management, and the C-Suite in both the for-profit and non-profit spaces, Eric has become a voice of authority in problem solving. Coupling his experience with his skillset as a Mechanical Engineer, Eric has a unique ability to see areas needing improvement as well as utilizing the available resources to deploy necessary changes. Eric also currently serves as CEO for a global non-profit, BraveCo. BraveCo is Men's Discipleship movement focused on getting men connected, healthy and whole. "If you heal a Father, you heal a Family, and if you can heal a Family, you can heal the Nations."

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Curiosity as a driver can lead to great experiences if your intentions are good.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Brent was born in Los Angeles to Catholic parents from Detroit, Michigan. He received a Catholic education including at an all-boys high school where he was in sports and theater. Brent studied international relations at USC where he also joined a fraternity and played on the school's ice hockey team. After 9/11, I started taking Arabic classes, first moving to Beirut, Lebanon, then to Cairo, Egypt where he got a graduate degree in Middle East studies. He then moved to Washington DC where I worked at Human Rights Watch for two years before joining the CIA and working as a counterterrorism analyst for five years. In 2015, He resigned from the government and since has been working as a contract writer, sometimes for the History Channel, but usually ghostwriting political op-eds for executives, politicians, and university presidents.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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I am fascinated by things we can learn from our modern world especially in sports and entertainment. From time to time, I like to share my insights from these experiences. If you want more of these insights scroll down to find episodes labeled "What I learned from...". Today, I am sharing what I learned from the movie Tangled. The 'Disney-fied' version of the fairy tale, Rapunzel. 

What I learned... 
1. Every good adventure starts with a dilemma 
2. Abuse isn't always aggressive or physical
3. Pursuit of our dreams are 2-fold fears
4. Sacrificial love begets Sacrificial love

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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For more on what we do, go to menareforged.com.