Earning Freedom Mastermind: 3 Attitude
The Earning Freedom mastermind course requires participants to go through the prerequisites of establishing values and goals. Our first two modules of the Earning Freedom course shows how I established values and goals at the start of a journey that would keep me in prison for 26 years. With values and goals established, the next step is advance with the right attitude. We define the right attitude as a 100% commitment to success--in accordance with the values and goals by which we profess to live.
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Earning Freedom Mastermind: 2 Goals
Developing the Earning Freedom Mastermind course requires that i record several different versions. I'm teaching the strategies that empowered me through 26 years in prison. Masterminds like Socrates, Gandhi, and Viktor Fankl taught that we can overcome any challenge. From masterminds I learned the importance of establishing a code of values, then setting clearly defined goals. I try to teach these principals to others who live in struggle. In today's podcast, I further develop this course.
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President Obama released a video today that urged Americans to support criminal justice reform. While serving 26 years as a federal prisoner, I always anticipated that more logical minds would prevail at some point in the future. But I expected to serve every day of my sentence. Now that I'm in society, I'm happy to see so many leaders talking about the need for prison and sentence reform. Through the Earning Freedom podcast, I strive to help spread that awareness. As frequently as possible, I'm offering more programs that show individuals what steps they may take to prepare for success, even if they have problems with the criminal justice system in their background.
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Earning Freedom Mastermind: 1 Values
I'm continuing to develop this Earning Freedom Mastermind Course, both in audio and video. I need to continue recording it until I get it just right. Here is another version of how I will share the message with people in jails, prisons, and schools that teach people who've been identified as being as being at-risk of going into the prison system.
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From Jail to University
Alton Pitre grew up in a notorious, gang-infested neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. It's called "The Jungles." While growing up, Alton said that he was surrounded by gang members and didn't know any other way of life. Law enforcement officers took him into custody when he was a young man and charged him with crimes that he did not commit. While in custody for two years, Alton was exposed to leaders like Matthew Mizel of Inside Out Writers. He made a commitment to prepare for success. In today's Earning Freedom podcast, Alton describes how he rejected the criminal lifestyle to become a full time student and community leader.
SoHaib Akhter is a young man who is about to begin serving a 24-month sentence in federal prison. He and his brother engaged in behavior that violated cyber security laws. We spoke about preparations he could make now to position him for the best possible outcome. Unfortunately, his brother was taken into custody on the same case. They will do their best to prepare for a successful outcome.
Seth Ferranti was arrested when he was 19. After his conviction for trafficking in LSD and marijuana, a judge slammed Seth with a 25-year prison term. While serving time in federal prison, Seth earned an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree, and a master's degree. Seth also became a published author, became the founder of a publishing company, and he married the love of his life. Since being released from prison, Seth has been building a career as an author and a film producer. He's an inspiration for anyone who wants to learn how to overcome struggle. Contact Seth through his website, GorillaConvict.com or through his Twitter feed at @SethFerranti
Today I spoke with Adryann Glenn. Adriann began selling drugs when he was 11 years old and continued living the street life until authorities arrested him when he was 30. While in prison, Adryann made a commitment to begin working toward building a better world. By helping others, he found that he could empower himself. Since being released from prison, Adryann has joined the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to work on their important clemency project. He is a mastermind because he triumphed over prison and now lives as a law-abiding, contributing citizen.
TapouT Founder Dan Caldwell on Earning Freedom
Dan Caldwell, the founder of TapouT and other businesses, told his inspiring story on the Earning Freedom podcast. He validates our mastermind program with his inspiring message. Dan tells us about growing up in a gang-infested neighborhood of San Bernardino when that community was the murder capital of the United States. Despite significant challenges, including being fired from a job he wanted, Dan used lessons taught by masterminds like Anthony Robbins and Mark Victor Hansen. By adhering to the same principles we teach in the mastermind program, Dan and his partner launched Tapout to serve the mixed-martial arts community. Through discipline, energy, commitment, and a passion to build something greater than himself, Dan executed a strategy to build a business that grew to exceed $100 million in revenues. By listening to his story on the Earning Freedom podcast, you will see how you can achieve extraordinary levels of success, regardless of what challenges you’ve experienced in the past.
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Later today I'll be interviewing Dan Caldwell, the founder of Tapout. Tappet is the famous clothing line that supplied the mixed martial arts community with its iconic t-shirts and other gear. I reached out to Dan after I heard him speaking with legendary interviewer Andrew Warner of Mixergy. Dan is an inspiring guy and I don't have any doubt that the prisoners with whom I speak will find enormous value in learning from him. Dan will appear on episode 165 of the Earning Freedom podcast.
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On October 22, the United States Senate has advanced a bill that could lead to sentence reform. I'm encouraged by this legislation. If the house advances the bill, and the entire Congress chooses to pass the legislation, President Obama has given signs that he would sign the bill into law. Tens of thousands of people in federal prison would benefit from this law. The new law would allow those people in prison to have their sentences reviewed. They could argue that they've prepared themselves in way that continued incarceration no longer serves the interest of justice. I think the stars are in alignment to see meaningful prison and sentence reform. These advances will lower our nation's wrong spirited commitment to mass incarceration.
Success after a journey through prison requires incremental action steps. In the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course, I share lessons that masterminds like Socrates and Nelson Mandela and Viktor Frankl and Mahatma Gandhi taught me. They urged people to look into the future and see a better world. Then, they encouraged us to take steps that would lead us closer to that vision. Those messages helped me cross through 26 years in prison. I'm connivence such lessons can help others. I created this program to help people who live without hope. Prison reentry programs may find value in using lessons from masterminds.
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Transformation begins with a vision. It follows with a plan. Then, it's crucial to execute the plan every single day. Visualize. Plan, Execute. I learned those lessons from masterminds. They helped me through 26 years in prison. I'm convinced this strategy can help anyone who applies the strategies of masterminds. In today's Earning Freedom podcast, I share the importance of having a clear aspiration. While living in struggle, we must maintain high levels of energy and discipline. Aspirations of a better life, of the best possible outcome, sustained me through my journey. I teach this course to people in prison and others in struggle with hopes that it can help.
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Gang Member to Good Community Citizen
Marcus White tells his story on the Earning Freedom Mastermind Program today. When Marcus was 19, authorities arrested him for murder. He accepted a plea agreement and served the next 16 years in Washington State prisons. Marcus began inside the high-security penitentiary at Walla Walla. When he began, he said that he was motivated to build upon the gang reputation. Other people influenced him to change, and over time, Marcus transitioned onto a path that would lead him to develop new values and goals. He discusses his transformation on the Earning Freedom podcast today.
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I feel passionately about teaching people who live in struggle. I want them to learn the principles that empowered me through 26 years in prison. They allowed me to live with a high level of discipline and energy, even though I had decades to serve. Anyone can apply these same principles and transform their life. Instead of living in self-pity, a better approach is to learn lessons that Socrates and other masterminds taught. Today's lesson focuses on what it means to have the right attitude. It follows the earlier lessons on values and goals. Stick with this program and transform your life.
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While serving 26 years in federal prisons of every security level, I learned from masterminds. Now I'm committed to teaching those lessons to others who serve time in jails or prisons. I also strive to teach students who've been identified as being at-risk of criminal behavior. Through these podcasts and lesson plans and videos, people can see patterns that exist. We all face struggle, we all face adversity. Those who choose to embrace the path of masterminds, realize that they can overcome. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But if they embark upon a principled, deliberate plan, they can create better futures. In today's Earning Freedom Mastermind Course on Goals, I discuss the importance of establishing clearly defined goals and later I share how the strategy strengthened me through the journey.
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I designed the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course to teach lessons that i learned from leaders. Those leaders begin with Socrates, but extend to so many others. I learned from Gandhi, Mandela, and Jobs and Gates. Those leaders helped me overcome 26 years in prison. They taught that if we lead a values-based, goal-oriented life, we can triumph over struggle. Those lessons empower all who embrace them. As time passes, lessons from masterminds leads to self-actualization. It's the message i strive to teach people who live in struggle.
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Earning Freedom Mastermind Course
I consider Gandhi a mastermind. Lessons I learned from his writings inspired me to pursue a deliberate path through each day that I served in prison. As Gandhi, advised, I wanted to live as the change that I wanted to see in the world. To show my appreciation for lessons I learned from Gandhi and other masterminds, I created this program to inspire people who live in struggle. We have more than 2.1 million people in America's prisons. I want those people to see that they can become more than current circumstances and past decisions. They can change their lives by changing their philosophies. By espousing the philosophies of masterminds, they too can overcome.
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Celebrating Incremental Achievements
In the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course, I teach strategies that empowered me through 26 years in prison. I learned those strategies from masterminds who came from diverse backgrounds. Socrates taught me about the importance of the social contract and my relationship to society. Mandela taught the importance of humility. Gandhi taught the importance of peace. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jack Welch taught the importance of living deliberately, in clear pursuit of goals. All of those masterminds taught me to celebrate incremental achievements. That is what I offer in today's podcast.
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Earning Freedom Mastermind Course
In the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course, I teach strategies that empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. This series of podcasts helps more people see the path to success. First, establish values. Then set goals. Advance toward aspirations with the right attitude. Take incremental action steps and hold yourself accountability. Those who adhere to such a deliberate path become aware of opportunities and they create awareness in the marketplace about their passion for success. Today's podcast focuses on awareness and offers suggestions on how you can use this principle to overcome struggle in your life.
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Earning Freedom Mastermind: Accountability
Masterminds inspired me to prepare for success at the start of my journey through prison. I was in my early 20s when I first learned from masterminds and they taught me the importance of adhering to a values-based, goal-oriented life. Earlier lessons in the Mastermind lead us to this lesson on accountability. When we establish long-term plans, accountability metics keep us on track. I used that strategy through the decades that I served in prison. The strategy of using accountability logs and metrics kept me on track for success. Accountability metrics can do the same for you.
Chase Stockon: CEO of Panther International
Today I spoke with Chase Stockon, CEO and founder of Panther International. Chase told the Earning Freedom audience about his philosophy for building a great business. He tried to understand the pain points, or challenges that his prospective customers faced. Then he worked to build solutions for those customers. A 100% commitment to customer service fueled his principled approach to success. As a consequence, he built a company that now has a role in facilitating and tracking more than $20 billion in resources. Turns out the same principles necessary to build a great business apply to individuals who want to build a great life. I'm glad that Chase shared his inspiring story with the Earning Freedom podcast.
Building a path to success after struggle requires commitment. We measure that commitment by a number of variables, including action steps. In today's Earning Freedom podcast, I spoke how early action steps I took resulted in new opportunities. Masterminds inspired me to continue working toward leading a life of relevance and contributions. That strategy made a massive difference during my journey through prison and beyond. What action steps are you taking?
Earning Freedom Mastermind: Aspiration
After a jury convicted me of federal crimes, back in 1987, I knew that I would be serving a long time in prison. I didn't know how long because I hadn't been sentenced yet. The statute held the possibility of life in prison. At sentencing, my judge slammed me with 45 years. Instead of dwelling on the decades that I'd serve in prison, I focused on how I wanted to emerge. I wanted to come back unscathed, with my dignity intact, ready to live a meaningful life as a law-abiding, contributing citizen. That aspiration empowered me. What aspiration do you have to become more than current circumstances?
Education in Prison
Tulio Cardozo got into trouble as a young man. After five years in high school, he got involved with drugs. Working with volatile chemicals triggered an explosion. He suffered third-degree burns, then was taken into custody to serve a prison sentence that kept Tulio locked up for many years. Instead of complaining about his problems, Tulio chose to take action. He studied and taught himself how to write computer code. Since then, he's built a business that allows him to support his family. Tulio shows that regardless of what challenges an individual faces, at any time he can begin sowing seeds for a better life.