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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Fightwinning the battles that matter mostBy Craig GroeschelZONDERVANCopyright © 2013 Craig GroeschelAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-310-33374-6ContentsSECTION 1 FIGHT LIKE A MAN................................................1.1 Fight Like a Man.......................................................91.2 Holding Out for a Hero.................................................121.3 Be the Man.............................................................151.4 We Are the Warriors....................................................181.5 Smackdown on the Slayground............................................211.6 Pick Your Battles......................................................251.7 Fight Club.............................................................29SECTION 2 STRONG MEN WITH WEAK WILS.......................................2.1 Strong Men with Weak Wills.............................................332.2 Super Powers...........................................................362.3 Kinds of Kryptonite....................................................402.4 Wander Lust............................................................432.5 Crossing the Lion......................................................492.6 Pride, No Prejudice....................................................532.7 Weak Is the New Strong.................................................59SECTION 3 SPIRIT-LED, NOT EMO-DRIVEN......................................3.1 Spirit-Led, Not Emo-Driven.............................................653.2 Shoot First............................................................673.3 Riddle Me This.........................................................703.4 Anger Management.......................................................733.5 Slinging Jawbones......................................................783.6 Drowning in Despair....................................................813.7 All about Me...........................................................85SECTION 4 SMALL STEPS, BIG DESTRUCTION....................................4.1 Small Steps, Big Destruction...........................................934.2 One Day................................................................964.3 Step by Step...........................................................1004.4 Don't Taunt the Enemy..................................................1034.5 Hey There, Delilah.....................................................1074.6 Hidden Costs...........................................................1124.7 Weapons of War.........................................................117SECTION 5 FAILING FORWARD.................................................5.1 Failing Forward........................................................1255.2 The Blind Side.........................................................1285.3 The Rising Cost of Regret..............................................1325.4 Just Walk Away.........................................................1365.5 Text Appeal............................................................1395.6 Pillar Talk............................................................1445.7 The Warrior's Prayer...................................................148Acknowledgments............................................................151 CHAPTER 1FIGHTLIKE A MANIt's not the size of the dog in the fight,it's the size of the fight in the dog.—Mark Twain1.1FIGHT LIKE A MANI learned how to fight in the second grade. I was walking homefrom school one day, minding my own second-grader business.Suddenly, a much larger third-grader, Bo Talbot, loomed beforeme, planting himself squarely in my path. Bo was only one yearolder than I was, but I was convinced that his parents had kepthim out of school for a few years to be molded by UFC trainers,bruisers who gave him steroids to snack on between weightliftingsessions.Bo grabbed my shirt with one hand, drawing his other h