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Real Men Connect podcast, where we help good men become great men God's way.

Every Wednesday we interview some of the nation's most respected and accomplished men of faith

to find out what it really takes to become the kind of husband, father, and spiritual leader God called

and created us to be. Today is the Real Men Check In. The Real Men Check In is just a quick way to

help you start your week on the right foot in the right way. Every Monday, I share personal insights, encouragement,

and support that will move you beyond church to real change. I keep it short, I make it fun,

and then I'm done. So let's get started. Real men put God things first. Real men put God things first. You know, Stephen Covey wrote an

international bestseller called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Now, it's been listed

as one of the top 10 influential books of all time on the topic of personal leadership in

development. Now, one of the habits that Stephen

mentioned habit number one and probably the most important was something he called the first

thing's first principle. With this habit, Stephen was referring to, we need to be effective,

not just efficient, by doing the most important things in order of priority. In other words,

importance, not just urgency.

Now, he considered this habit so important that he wrote another book about this one habit,

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