Men of 1000 Men - The basics, the foundations, my redirect.

Men of 1000 Men - Passionate in their desire to influence all men; M1k takes advantage of the influence we currently have to help others reach their potential as men. Physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially.  Not men doing but men being. 

The mathematical proximity is that 1000 men based on 10x thinking become influential exponentially. 

Mission Statement: Men1K moves men to influence the men in their immediate circles. Our desire is to turn every man into a storyteller. In turn, every story told is a story that connects us all.  

Our Pillars: 

TRUTH - in who we are, how we live, who we influence.

SELF CONTROL - Always developing ourselves through self and spiritual disciplines

INFLUENCE - always ready to bring our experience to the table by knowing our journey and destination. Move others with the influence of your story; move them to action, move them to healing; move them to influence the men of 1000 men.

M1K's Origin Story

Sitting at an Immersion Learning Business Retreat lead by Susan Sly we were challenged by a special speaker named Dennis Yu to come up with a 1 min video that presented to people our identity and our brand by a simple statement that communicated the origin of our purpose, "our defining moment". 

I was 8th in line and was making notes on my hand.  I was trying to bring together my thoughts on a small business plan and all of a sudden, everything in my life, my experiences that I'll share over time, my pain..everything...all hinged to 1 moment...in a flash my mind went back to a specific memory of a phone call that I rec’d that was the pinnacle moment that spurred me on to create M1K. The person on the other end of the phone told me that my cousin had died. He had committed suicide that morning. In that moment it hit me. My cousin chose this because he had lost his connection to others; his self worth had bottomed out, and that he had lost all hope. I didn't know how to react to this, I was going to share about business and deep down, my purpose surfaced in moment. 

Standing there in line before walking to the front to share this profound life changing genesis I realized this was part of my story that was connected to his story. That Friday, that redirect, that invitation by Susan to come to Arizona, that moment that Dennis said yes to Susan to come, that invitation by Dennis to create 1 minute Facebook videos that would tell our connections what we were about. The universe pointed me to this story, our story.

I have to tell his story, our story, somewhere, his daughter is out there. One day, she’ll hear my story and hopefully come to know her dad, my cousin, his family, my family, her family.