Row the Boat

Chapter 6The Three Key Components of Row the Boat

P.J. Fleck

 

The Oar

The oar is the energy of your life—your mission and your purpose. It is the symbol of strength in the RTB culture. You choose whether your oar is in the water or whether you take it out and decide not to use it. Whether it's windy, raining, and stormy, or a calm, beautiful, sunny day, you decide to row or not. The oar is the only tool that moves the boat. This isn't a sailboat or a motorboat; without the oar, the boat does not move forward. You are the captain of your boat. You dictate to where and how fast to go. If you stop rowing, your life comes to a standstill. Just as the oar needs to be in the water for the boat to move, you must immerse yourself in life to live it to the fullest. Your energy is contagious and the energy you invest and share with others determines the quality of your life. When using the oar, there will be times when rowing is extremely hard, and will require intense, powerful work. At other times, efficiency—the smarter-not-harder approach—will be utilitzed in a calculated way to navigate through life.

Our RTB lifestyle is about two things: serving and giving. The oar allows us to share our program with our community, university, state, and country and to let others know we ...