Earning Freedom Mastermind: 5 Action I strive to inspire listeners who are living in jails, prison, or conditions that feel like a jail or prison. The lessons I learned from masterminds taught me how to navigate 26 years of imprisonment. Anyone can learn from those lessons that masterminds teach. Through this Earning Freedom mastermind course, […]
174: 4 Aspiration: Earning Freedom Mastermind Course
Earning Freedom Mastermind: 4 Aspiration I wrote the Earning Freedom Mastermind course to teach lessons that I learned from true masterminds. Leaders taught me to live a values based, goal-oriented life. Those lessons empowered me through 26 years in prison and they allow me to continue advancing. I urge those who must endure challenging […]
173: 3 Attitude: Earning Freedom Mastermind Course
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 […]
172: 2 Goals: Earning Freedom Mastermind Course
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 […]
171: President Calls for Reform
President Obama urged Americans to Support Reform 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 […]
170: 1 Intro to Earning Freedom Mastermind Course
Earning Freedom Mastermind: Course 1 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 […]
169: Transformation From Gangs to University
Transformation From Gangs 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 […]
168: Wire Fraud and Obstruction of Justice
Going to Prison for Wire Fraud 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. Sohaib pleaded guilty to wire fraud. We spoke about preparations he could make now to position him for the […]
167: Convict to Published Author
Seth Ferranti Describes Productive Prison Adjustment: Convict to Published Author 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 […]
166: From Prisoner to Professional
Adryann Glenn Joins NACDL to work on Clemency Project 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 […]