Following Your Fears Isn’t Easy, but it’s The Path to an Extraordinary Life

Craig Stanland
4 min readAug 4, 2021

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

— NELSON MANDELA

Prison taught me the value of time, how precious, how short, how once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. I think about what was behind my…

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Craig Stanland

I write about my journey from corporate success to federal prison and finding joy, mission, meaning, and fulfillment beyond professional and financial success.