One Email from Prison is Better Than a Multi-Million Dollar Deal

When I worked in corporate sales, life felt one-dimensional.

Chase deals, land deals, spend commission checks on a luxurious lifestyle.

It was one chase after another, with constant anxiety that there wouldn’t be another deal around the corner — or even worse, I’d lose a client.

The luxurious lifestyle was my attempt to give meaning to the anxiety, fear, and lack of purpose, meaning, and fulfillment in my career.

So I’d chase with vicious tenacity and a win-at-all-cost attitude, eventually landing the deal and spending the money as quickly as it came in.

I’d feel great for all of the second because quick highs fade quickly, and then I’d be back to the chase.

That was then, this is now.

I received an email yesterday from an individual currently in federal prison.

My book, “Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life After Federal Prison,” is in the Allenwood library, and it is still surreal to me how many prison libraries have it on their shelves.

According to their email, they’ve now read it 11 times.

Here’s an excerpt from the email: