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Paperback and Audio Books
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Earning Freedom helps readers understand an effective adjustment strategy through 9,500 in federal prison. It begins with the day of my arrest, on August 11, 1987. It continues through the 26 years that I lived in federal prisons of every security level.
Who Should Read:
Anyone who anticipates a journey through federal prison or wants strategies to overcome struggle.
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About: While I served 26 years in prison, I read books to learn how to serve time productively. The Russian author, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, inspired me. To help readers understand a day in a Siberian prison, the author fictionalized the life of Ivan Denisovich. I wrote this book to show readers the strategy I used to make it through a typical day during my 23rd year. It shows how my commitment to preparing for success upon release influenced all my adjustment decisions, from when I woke in the morning until when I went to sleep.
Who Should Read: People who want a strategy for make it through a challenging time will appreciate this book. The decisions we make each day should relate to the strategy we’ve engineered to overcome a challenge. If a person is going into the criminal justice system, or facing any challenge, that person has a responsibility. Irrespective of the obstacles, the person must create a pathway to prepare for success. This book will show how I used time in prison to prepare for success upon release. The audio/video version includes additional commentary through each of the 15 sections.
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About: In Success After Prison, I show readers how adjustment decisions while incarcerated can lead to new opportunities after release. This book helps readers understand my first two years of liberty, and how I built my first $1 million in assets.
Who Should Read: I wrote this book specifically for people in prison. Sometimes those people need hope to reject negativity.
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About: Preparing for Success After Prison is self-directed course we created to help people in jail or prison learn productive adjustment strategies. This course includes exercises that will help participants learn strategies that lead to success.
Who Should Read: This comprehensive, self-directed course includes the workbook, along with the following four books:
- Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term
- Prison: My 8,344th Day
- Success after Prison
- Preparing for Success after Prison Workbook
How to Access:
- Contact: [email protected]
- Package price: $120.00
About: In Triumph, I help readers understand more about the Straight-A Guide program. The Straight-A Guide shows people the value that comes when a person pursues a values-based, goal-oriented adjustment strategy. We base courses we sell on the lessons in this book.
Who Should Read: I wrote this book specifically for people in prison. Sometimes those people need hope to reject negativity.
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About: This journal will help people document their progress in prison. Each day includes a lesson on personal leadership, and it also includes exercises for participants to develop better critical-thinking skills and better communication skills..
Who Should Read: I wrote this book specifically for people in prison. Sometimes those people need prompts to work toward a successful return to society.
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About: People in jail or prison may not have access to courses that help them prepare for success. Sometimes, those people want to learn lessons from people that have gone through the journey and got out successfully. This self-directed workbook will help.
Who Should Read: I wrote this book specifically for people in prison. Sometimes those people need hope to reject negativity.
How to Access:
- Order paperback copy from Amazon
- Join our membership community for free digital download with video and audio files
About: Bill McGlashan led a distinguished career as a professional investor, as director of TPG Capital, and co-founder of the Rise Fund along with Bono and Jeff Skoll. He pleaded guilty to charges related to the Varsity Blues case. Upon his release, Bill worked with our team to create courses that would help people in prison learn strategies to prepare for success upon release.
Who Should Read: We wrote this self-directed course specifically for people in jail or prison who want to prepare for success. Sometimes those people need hope to reject negativity.
How to Access:
- Order paperback copy from Amazon
- Join our membership community for free digital download with video and audio files
About: Mossimo Giannulli is well known for being a successful entrepreneur. Despite not having a university degree, and not having much in the way of startup capital, he went on to build apparel companies that generated billions of dollars in sales. A bad decision in his personal life led to problems with the criminal justice system. Wanting to help people in prison prepare for success, he worked with our team to create a self-directed course on personal development.
Who Should Read: We wrote this self-directed course specifically for people in jail or prison who want to prepare for success. Sometimes those people need hope to reject negativity.
How to Access:
- Order a paperback copy from Amazon
- Join our membership community for free digital download with video and audio files
About: Dr. Jeffrey Gallups shows us the strategies he used to build a successful medical practice that employed more than 200 people. Participants in this self-directed course get more insight into how they can help themselves by investing time to build stronger communication skills and better critical-thinking skills.
Who Should Read: We wrote this self-directed course specifically for people in jail or prison who want to prepare for success. Sometimes those people need hope to reject negativity.
How to Access:
- Order a paperback copy from Amazon
- Join our membership community for free digital download with video and audio files
About: This self-directed workbook will help people prepare an effective sentence-mitigation strategy. Learn strategies that will help a judge and other stakeholders understand why a person is worthy of relief. This workbook teaches participants how to build a persuasive case that will help an audience understand mitigating factors. With more than 100 self-directed exercises, participants will develop the confidence necessary to create a mitigation package that a defense attorney may use to argue for mercy at sentencing.
Who Should Read: Any person who faces the potential of a sentencing hearing should prepare a sentence-mitigation strategy. This workbook offers ideas and exercises that will help a person show a judge and others why he or she is worthy of a lower sentence.
How to Access:
- Order paperback copy from Amazon
- Join our membership community for free digital download with video and audio files
