Mann is the epitome of his last name: He's assumed a greater role ever since his dad died when he was 4 years old.

"I was the only boy, and it was an automatic thing for me to more or less do 'a man's job,'" Mann said to WCCO in Minneapolis.

So shoveling snow is something he did without recognition or expectations, but he was recently recognized for it.

A video of Mann shoveling his neighbor's snow surfaced on Facebook and went viral, reaching more than 300,000 views in a matter of days. It currently has more than a million views in just over a week.

Mann says he shoveled the snow out of kindness. His daughter attributes her father's tenderness as one of his keys to his successful life.

His other keys to happy life?

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