1440 FOUNDATION

1440 Foundation’s mission is to support programs and best practices that cultivate authentic relationship skills in education, wellness and the workplace. The value of education has long been widely acknowledged, and perhaps never more so than in this age of information and global connectivity, where education, knowledge, and the intellectual fitness they bring, make life better. Throughout much of the world, the importance of physical fitness has become widely accepted as well. They kno... w that they will live better if they exercise, eat right, sleep well, and make healthy choices in their everyday lives. They seek to add to the focus on a fit mind and body the additional definition of “inner fitness,” meaning the awareness of the self inside that mind and body, and “relational fitness,” representing the life skills to build trusted relationships with others in authentic and meaningful ways. They define inner fitness as being self aware and having the self knowledge to make sound and informed decisions that enable us to be the best people they can be. With that foundation, they add relational fitness – the social awareness and the authentic relationship skills to offer support and strength to others, to listen deeply, and to enter into dialogue that unlocks the potential within each of us as individuals and community members. This vision of inner and relational fitness defines the two wings of their purpose at 1440 – the belief that, with practice and support, they can build richer and more meaningful lives based on a commitment to fitness within, throughout, and across theirselves. They are excited by the further belief that this is not mystical or abstract, but achievable in very practical terms, teachable and realizable with support and practice. The importance of such whole person fitness is equal to the importance they ascribe to physical fitness today and, in their experience, it is easier to do!More