Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
What’s actually missing? I’m working on my second book. It’s a prequel to “Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life After Prison.” I’m capturing the journey that landed me in prison and the lessons learned in the decade of reinventing my life. In the chapter I’m writing, I’m speaking to my younger self. It’s the…
Lessons are everywhere if we’re open to seeing them. We have a new water filter/dispenser. It’s one of those rectangular ones with a spout. On Friday night, before going to bed, my wife filled it to the brim in preparation for filling numerous water bottles for our day at the beach on Saturday. I opened…
June 10th, 2014 I’m alone; I’m terrified; I want this to be over. I can’t understand what she’s saying, I get that it’s all English, but the words are a blur and I can’t keep up with them. The gavel comes down, echoing through the room. I don’t know what happened. I turn to my…
“Keeping up with the Joneses.” The term conjures up images of people displaying their prosperity through their homes, cars, clothes, country clubs, and parties. It’s a code term for materialism and flaunting your wealth, but underneath it lies a desperate need to fit in. Keeping up with the Joneses is a constant comparison; it’s a…
Purpose. Purpose. Purpose. You have to find your purpose. There is a lot of content out there about finding one’s purpose, and there is a lot of pressure to do so. Because if you don’t, you’re doing life wrong. Many fall prey to the belief that their life is incomplete without it, so they chase…
I started writing Blank Canvas when I was in prison. I used those black and white composition notebooks from high school and a cheap Bic pen. I used an iPhone when I was released to the halfway house because it was all I had. When I went home, I used an iPad from 2012 because…