U.S. Senate advancing possibility for Sentence Reform 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Earning Freedom Mastermind Course: Values 1 When I was 20, I began making a series of bad decisions. I sold cocaine. In 1987, DEA agents arrested me. I faced a sentence of life in prison. I’d never been confined before. After a jury convicted me, my life changed. Instead of fantasizing about getting out of […]

Earning Freedom Mastermind Course: Actualization 10   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 […]