Wednesday, July 23, 2014   This morning I flew to San Francisco. When the plane landed, I saw Air Force One outside my window. President Obama was in town, which caused some traffic delays in the city. I flew into town so that I could visit with my probation officer. He has been very supportive […]

Tuesday, July 22, 2014   Tomorrow I’m taking the day off to fly to San Francisco. I need to meet with my probation officer. The meeting shouldn’t last more than an hour. Since late last May, I’ve been working in Southern California. My work requires that I recruit self-driven, self-motivated individuals who aspire to perform […]

Monday, July 21, 2014   After finishing an audiobook about TED speakers by Carmine Gallo, I returned to the Audible website to purchase a new book. This time I purchased an audiobook called “Crucial Conversations” by Kerry Patterson. While running in the early morning, I enjoy listening to these types of educational tools. Without audiobooks, […]

Sunday, July 20, 2014 I’ll be watching the stock market closely in the week ahead. I purchased a block of stock last week in anticipation of seeing robust growth from the technology sector. The next two weeks will bring earnings from several leading technology companies. We’ll see earning reports from Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon. The […]

Saturday, July 19, 2014 The U.S. sentencing commission realized that too many people serve sentences that are far too long. Government representatives have moved to lower prison terms by an average of two years for nonviolent drug offenders. During the 26 years that I served for a nonviolent drug offense, I expected the government to […]

Friday, July 18, 2014 Today I filmed a commercial for the legal community. We’re launching a new website called PrisonProfessor.com. Through that website, we’ll host a number of videos. Attorneys can use those videos to educate their clients who may surrender to prison.  The videos will answer questions for people who are about to surrender, […]

Thursday, July 17, 2014 I began writing an infomercial. I’ve never written the script for an infomercial before, but I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’d like to finish writing this script before the end of August. Then we’ll have some work to film. If we succeed, we’ll begin broadcasting the 30-minute spot in the […]

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Today I interviewed candidates who were potential new hires. Each of those candidates advanced through our extensive screening mechanism that I based on the Straight-A Guide. All of the candidates looked great on paper. In person, however, not all delivered the level of enthusiasm and confidence that I’m looking to instill in […]

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 I had an interesting meeting today with Alan, a young man who aspires to build a national business focused on the credit industry. Since credit governs so many people’s lives, Alan has a vision of helping them improve credit scores. A massive market exists around credit for obvious reasons. Everyone in […]

Monday, July 14, 2014   Today I had a great meeting with an old friend, John. I met John when I was serving a portion of my sentence at the Lompoc Federal Prison Camp. John started an Internet advertising company in his living room during the late 1990s, and the firm became so successful that […]