Welcome Young Professional Men!

Guys,

I have finally had it... I am sick of seeing Young Professional Men live at 50% of what they are capable of at work, in their relationships, finances, and fitness levels.

Where do most of us turn when we feel the anxiety of living at 50%? Let's look at the most common avenues:

- Men's Magazines (mostly filled with pictures of women, nice toys, or thoughts on how to have more exciting sex - treating the symptoms or trying to numb the pain but not get to the root cause)
- Driving Ourselves More at Work (usually leads to burnout and more questions like ‘Why I am doing this?’)
- Something New – a Relationship, Drink, Drug, Toy, Book, Food, or Porn to numb the pain

These are clearly not working. It's time that we band together to make ourselves better.

I read a book recently called 'Who's Got Your Back' by Keith Ferrazzi. I would highly recommend that you get it. In fact, I think it would be great if our first group activity is a study of this book.

In this book, Keith talks about 4 mindsets that create the foundation for ‘lifeline’ relationships:
- Generosity
- Vulnerability
- Candor
- Accountability

My vision is to establish an online community, Blog, and MeetUp groups as places to bring Young Professional Men together to discuss the issues that so often cause us to stumble and not achieve our goals. I know it won’t be easy as I have found that building and keeping male friendships (especially those that involve the 4 mindsets above including vulnerability) has been one of my greatest challenges over the last 5 years.

I have already started a Blog (http://andrewparkes.me) and Facebook group to be the starting point of our community. Down the road, I would like to organize accountability groups for Young Professional Men in every major city in North America.

It’s time we all started living at 100% and started achieving the wild and crazy dreams that we keep repressing or telling ourselves to hold off on... are you with me?

If so, feel free to invite/tell as many YPM's as you know.