Daily Blog

Our daily blog series offers actionable insights, inspiring stories of resilience, and practical strategies to navigate challenges and thrive when facing difficult times.

Be Intentional

Writing daily helps track personal growth and demonstrates commitment to self-improvement. This habit sustained me through 9,500 days in federal prison. Below, you’ll find entries filled with real-time lessons on overcoming adversity and fostering personal growth. If you have a loved one in prison, consider sharing these prompts to inspire their journey toward self-development.

Perspective

January 27, 2025

Perspective

We must train ourselves to accept that the world isn't always the way we want it to be. Perspective builds strength.

Adversity

January 26, 2025

Adversity

Just as with gold, we all get tested through the fire of adversity. Never stop building. Create more opportunities.

UC Berkeley Interns

January 25, 2025

UC Berkeley Interns

Before we can ask others to join our mission, or invest in our vision, we've got to invest in ourselves.

Pardon

January 24, 2025

Pardon

Ross Ulbricht pursued excellence every day, even in the face of a life sentence. His perseverance led to a Presidential pardon.

Appreciation

January 23, 2025

Appreciation

If we appreciate the blessings that come our way, we live in gratitude. When we live in gratitude, more opportunities open.

Achievement

January 22, 2025

Achievement

Earning $1 million in a month begins with tiny, incremental achievements. Those steps may begin in a solitary cell.

Authenticity

January 21, 2025

Authenticity

Learn from authentic leaders. They will show you the work that they do to reach the success they achieve.

Awareness

January 20, 2025

Awareness

To reach a higher potential, we've got to stay aware of opportunities, keeping our head in the game every day.

Accountability

January 19, 2025

Accountability

By developing our accountability logs, we create assets that enhance our ability to get the results we want. To succeed, use them.

Action

January 18, 2025

Action

When we're in a crisis and we want to emerge successfully, we should ask how bad we want to succeed. Then we must act.

Aspiration

January 17, 2025

Aspiration

Even when we feel trapped, figuratively or literally, aspiring to something bigger than ourselves can light the path forward.

Attitude

January 16, 2025

Attitude

To reach your highest potential, consider steps you can take to become the best in the world at what you do.

Set Goals

January 15, 2025

Set Goals

If we're committed to forward progress, and climbing our way into new opportunities, we should adjust our goals regularly.

Define Success

January 14, 2025

Define Success

We can climb our way out of crises if we start by defining success. Meditate on the best possible outcome.

No Banks

January 13, 2025

No Banks

Regardless of where we are, we'll have to cope with inefficiencies and frustrations. We should expect more to come.

Selling Toilets

January 12, 2025

Selling Toilets

Choosing one path to reach a higher potential should put us into positions that lead to new opportunities that we can seize.

Ripple Effects

January 11, 2025

Ripple Effects

When we take little steps each day that align with the ways we define success, more opportunities open.

Opportunity Costs

January 10, 2025

Opportunity Costs

Sow seeds every day with the intention of growing new opportunities that lead to more fulfillment and brighter future.

Goals and Failure

January 9, 2025

Goals and Failure

We may fail to achieve incremental goals, but we can always adjust and work toward the goal we set out to achieve.

Overcoming Crisis

January 8, 2025

Overcoming Crisis

Lessons from Mandela, Frankl, Gandhi, Socrates, and others apply to us all—not only people in prison.

Creating Meaning

January 7, 2025

Creating Meaning

Life and markets bring us many challenges. By living intentionally, we focus on the future, helping us build.

Strength in Crisis

January 6, 2025

Strength in Crisis

Many people have lived through enormous challenges, but by investing in themselves, left meaningful contributions to the world.

Straight-A Guide

January 5, 2025

Straight-A Guide

A values-based, goal-oriented strategy will lead to a life of meaning and purpose, even while living in crisis.

Social Contracts

January 4, 2025

Social Contracts

The social contract helps us understand our role in working toward projects that are bigger than our life.

Being Intentional

January 3, 2025

Being Intentional

Getting what we want out of life requires us to be very intentional about our daily choices and actions.

Five-Year Plans

January 2, 2025

Five-Year Plans

Adjusting strategies to seize or create new opportunities. More opportunities exist in the future than the past.

25 in 2025

January 1, 2025

25 in 2025

As we've been doing for years, Carole and I launch a set of goals that will carry us through the next five years.

Master-Classes in Self-Advocacy

Restoring confidence begins by living as the CEO of your life.

Embrace this mindset by setting clear goals, prioritizing effectively, and developing the right tools, tactics, and resources.

When we consistently demonstrate our commitment to excellence, we build credibility, trust, and essential support. This strategy transformed my journey, and it can transform yours.

Influences

Memorialize the mentors, advisors, and influencers who inspired you to prepare for success. Build assets to advance your efforts in self-advocacy.

Daily Blog

If you write regularly, others will see that you're different from the people who talk about wanting to be successful. Show that you're for real.

Accountability

Create tools to measure your progress. The accountability logs that you build demonstrate that you understand the power of incremental growth.

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