Desmond here. I welcome you to the four hundred tribe community. This is where people like us; the ones who’ve screwed up, lost it all, made dumb decisions more times than we can count, and hit rock bottom, come to figure out how to do great things, one small step at a time.

I proudly identify as the biggest one-time sucker, loser, and failure that ever walked the planet. Seriously, when my life fell apart, I majored in terrible choices like it was a full-time job. I borrowed money I couldn’t pay back, and waited for life to get better on its own. In summary, I earned a PhD in Survival from the prestigious School of Hard Knocks.

At one point, I was dead broke, hopeless, and stuck in a life that felt like one giant mistake. Maybe you know exactly what that feels like.

This is the Four Hundred Tribe, a blog built from the hard lessons I learned to help people like you find their footing, crawl out of those desperate places, discover purpose, and start soaring.

WHY THIS EXISTS

I’ll tell you something you’re probably not thinking now: The best person to offer you relevant help out of a mess is someone who was neck-deep in that mess and just got out. They know what those shoes feel like. They know how heavy the air gets when you’re going through hell. And, more importantly, they know the way out.

There were people who held my hand through my darkest days. They were friends, mentors and strangers who’d been there, done that, and lived to tell the tale. Our journeys weren’t entirely similar, but the mechanisms and principles for rebuilding proved to be just about the same.

Sure, I had to drag my stubborn, broke, sorry self forward too, but their honest advice made the difference between quitting and clawing my way out.

That’s what I want to be for you, with my experience and these great people who I encountered on my journey. I’ve walked in those miserable, painful shoes, too. And I’ve earned the right to tell you this: Those shoes aren’t permanent. But how long you stay in them is entirely up to you. Come, walk with me.