Tuesday, June 3, 2014 I’m really grateful for the privilege of beginning each morning by running on the beach. While I was incarcerated, I boosted my sense of efficacy by waking very early and beginning my day when most every else slept. I had my best time in Atwater, at the end of my sentence, […]

Monday, June 2, 2014 On August 12, I will celebrate my first year of liberty from the Bureau of Prisons after 26 years of imprisonment. I am not completely free, as I remain under the jurisdiction of a federal probation officer. My legal status is known as “supervised release,” and in my case, the conditions […]

Sunday, June 1, 2014 This morning I began running at 4:20 am. I use the Nike running app on my iPhone to track the progress. I fell behind with my running schedule last month because of an infection that slowed me down a bit. This month I intend to make better progress by running north […]

Every day I record the progress I’m making toward running goals that I set. During the month of May I ran less than 200 miles. The sepsis infection I received earlier this month took a toll on my running schedule. Fortunately, I’m still ahead of schedule and on track to meet the annual running goal […]

Saturday, May 31, 2014 Today I woke at 3:00 am. Excitement at the opportunities ahead coursed through my veins. Rather than trying to sleep, I picked up my laptop computer and began drafting an advertisement to post online. I found several services that advertise jobs for sales professionals. I’m recruiting for a specific candidate profile, one […]

Friday, May 30, 2014 This morning I woke at 4:00 am. After showering and shaving, I put on my running gear and ran seven miles from the house to the office because I wanted to be the first one in. To build a great team, I must show those on the team that I will not […]

Thursday, May 29, 2014 Carole and I arrived in Orange County just before midnight last night. But at 5:00 am this morning I was up and showered, bursting with enthusiasm to begin this exciting new opportunity of building a sales force. I’ve never had such an opportunity before, and I welcome the challenge of recruiting, training, […]

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 I thoroughly enjoyed making my final presentation to members of the San Jose Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force today. In today’s presentation, I exposed the group to our pretest that we teach at the start of our program. Then I went through responses we received from those in the audience, teaching […]

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 The moving truck arrived today. In the morning we loaded up our clothes, our computer equipment, and the other boxes that we wanted to carry with us. While I build and train a sales force on the principles of our Straight-A Guide program, Carole and I will be staying in a […]

Monday, May 26, 2014 Wow. It’s Memorial Day already. I prepared for a seminar that I’m scheduled to deliver later this week, on Wednesday. I’ll be delivering an eight-hour seminar to several community leaders who work with the city of San Jose Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force. This final session will be the fourth seminar that the […]