Author: Rich Gorecki

Another post in this series about the biggest challenges men face is about the third of the categories I believe cover all the issues of men face today: Resisting Temptations.  In the first category, Managing Work-Life Balance, I stated that many men struggle with their work responsibilities more than women due to their sense of pride in their accomplishments.    In the second post, Reordering Priorities, I asked: Do your priorities align with how God would want you to have as priorities? Again, pride causes us to put our own priorities ahead of everything else. This third category, Resisting Temptations, is going to become a set of additional posts just for itself. It is that critical! Battling Temptations In his book, Temptations Men Face, author Tom Eisenman provides straightforward advice about a man’s struggle with power, money, affairs, perfectionism, and insensitivity. The chapters in his book include these topics:  The

In this series about what I believe are the biggest challenges for most men today, I indicated that all challenges and problems come from our pride. I also suggested that the multitude of issues and challenges generally fall into these three categories: Managing Work-Life Balance Reordering Priorities Resisting Temptations So while your deep and serious struggles with any issue may require professional help or counseling, I believe that simply joining a support group or confessing your struggles to your close, authentic friends –what I call God Buddies, will also help in your battle.  In the first post of the series on Managing Work-Life Balance, I stated that particular challenge was not necessarily unique to men but that we generally are defined more by our work-related accomplishments and job titles than our female counterparts.  The next category is Reordering our Priorities, which is also hard for guys. Let’s first start with

In the opening post of this series about what I believe are the biggest challenges for most men today, I indicated that all our problems come from our pride. I also suggested that the multitude of issues and challenges generally fall into these three categories: The reason pride is so hard for many men is that we simply do not want to admit we have issues. Whether it’s a struggling marriage or difficulty with emotionally-charged teenagers, an addiction to alcohol, pornography or drugs, or issues with communication, intimacy, anger, and financial struggles, we first need to admit we have a problem. It requires putting our pride aside. So let’s break down each of the three categories and suggest how a God Buddy can help. First, Managing Work-Life Balance. My Work-Life “Un”-Balance I wrote about my work-life “UN”-balance in one of the inaugural posts for this blog that was titled, Why