The Purpose Mastermind: Helping Leaders Get Unstuck and Live with Meaning in Work, Marriage, and Parenting

Many people are more afraid of what can go wrong sexually, than they are excited about experiencing great intimacy with their spouse. 

In this episode Mark discusses if sex has a purpose.
1. Is it just a physical activity?
2. Is it just a fleshly desire? 
3. Is it just for making babies? 

Sex has great purpose:

• It exposes our insecurities. Theses insecurities are holding us back in many areas of our life. 
• It exposes us to the opportunity to give an receive great love. 
• Whatever prevents us from having great intimacy with our spouse is also holding us back from fully giving our best self to the world. 

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Purpose and freedom belong in the same conversation.  We all want purpose and freedom, but the way we look at these two things can prevent us from having them. 

The secret ingredient of The Purpose Mastermind is freedom. Without freedom we have a hard time believing that purpose is possible. 

1. Freedom changes how we look at ourself.
2. Freedom changes how we look at purpose.
3. Freedom changes how we look at others. 

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In this episode, Mark has a conversation with Alan Thomas. This is the man that Mark reached out to in April of 2019. Their lives intersected and they have never been the same. 

Alan's story and Mark's story are a lot like yours. We hope this conversation brings your encouragement and perspective for your journey. 

If you want to know more about how Alan helps people find freedom from weight loss here is the link: https://transformmyfuture.com/

To learn more about Mark and The Purpose Mastermind here is the website:
https://purposemastermind.com/

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We all want to be successful. But what is success? Sometimes the success we want leads to a destination that we actually do not want. Marriage is about far greater things than success. 

• Marriage is about purpose. It is a life builder. It makes us better for everything else in life. It teaches us how to love. It compels us to change. It pushes us to necessary growth. 
• Marriage is about freedom. It reveals hurt from our past so that we can be set free and be healed. 
• Marriage is about love. We learn how to be a conduit of great love. We learn to become the person that is great at giving love and receiving love. 

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Human superpowers are all simple.  Life is not about talent it's about doing simple things faithfully. In this episode I talk about how to become the person that asks for help. 

Show notes:

• I used to be a man that had something to prove. I look back and realize I had nothing to give. When I stopped trying to prove myself to people, I had so much more to give. 
• It is difficult to know where to get help. It is critical that we go to a good resource for help. I learned this: I only go to people that are living the life that represents the life that you want to live. 
• Asking for help will always feel awkward until we overcome our pride. 

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A wife has incredible power. The question becomes this, is her power "over" her husband or "under" her husband?" The answer is that her power is "for" her husband. 

A wife has the power to dramatically impact the way her husband lives his life. 

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In this episode, Mark and Adena talk about how parenting can be simple and powerful. When parenting is complex it feels impossible. Here are some of the thoughts covered:

1. Parents do not control the results. Our role is critical, but controlling the results is not part of it. It seems better to think we can control the outcome, but it will fall apart at some point. 

2. Parenting is about effectiveness, not perfection. 

3. The shortcut to effective parenting is honestly facing our own weakness. 

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Conflict. Do you fear it or utilize it? 

The average person is afraid of conflict. Learning how to walk through conflict gives us a super power. 

The normal cycle of conflict is this:
1. This is wrong!
2. I have messed up, or you have messed up!
3. This will be fatal!

But what if we saw conflict this way instead:
1. This is normal.
2. I can help.
3. This will make us better. 

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On this episode, Mark interviews David and Stacy Whited. They are on a mission to stir people to "wake up, speak up, and show up!" In this episode, they share a principle about how to do your part in this confusing world. 

We highly recommend them as a resource. They help people understand how to understand political and cultural pressures so that you know how to respond. They are not just wise, but they are people that can be trusted. 

Find them here: 
https://flyoverconservatives.com/
https://rumble.com/FlyoverConservatives

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Possibly, the greatest silent pain is when we feel like our life will never be what it was supposed to be. 

In this episode, Mark talks about 3 things that hold people back from living out their life of purpose. 

1. Trying to perfect out life causes us to try to control things that we cannot control. Control sounds like the answer to our ultimate success, but does it work?

2. Trying to fix our past. There are two ditches that we fall into. One ditch is when we hide our past. This feels like a protection, but it is a trap, because we have to keep hiding. It's exhausting. The other ditch is when we become a student of our past. We lose sight of our purpose and future as we focus on our past. 

3. Trying to fix our problem. It's common to think, "I have to fix my problem before I can live my best, bold life. " This thought seems right, but it traps us in a prison. The truth is, we can live our best bold life as we boldly face our problem. 

Here is a link to the course mentioned in the episode:
https://courses.markdelaney.me/how-to-change

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