Yesterday we talked about your 3^rd biggest secret.  We started with #3 because the world is not yet ready for your #1 yet, right?  We need some history and a safe place first before dropping a bomb like your #1 secret.

Mine was stealing a GI Joe toy at age 8… playing with the stolen toy bothered me so much that I just chucked it away.  The experience taught me that the end goal is not as sweet (actually it’s very sour) when the means to get there is unethical.

Today, let’s move to your #3 biggest fear (fears and secrets… we’re getting into the big guns right away, boys… you’re not uncomfortable yet, are you?)

Here’s mine:

Being a terrible father and having a kid that turns out to be a failure, involved in drugs, or unable to make it big.

Maybe this is #1 or #2 for you… totally cool.  I have 2 others that rank ahead of this.

I have an amazing father… he is my role model and one of my closest friends.  My dad showed me how to act as a man and was the best model and example of a husband and father that a kid could ever know.        

The point is that I want this fear out in the open… completely public… even though I have never experienced a terrible father first hand.

Although I am not a father yet, I am preparing for it right now.  As the fear above suggests, I will need help when my first child comes along.  I will seek this out from my dad and the other men on my team surrounding me and modeling for me how to be. 

What could be more important than acknowledging this fear and seeking out men to help me with it?