If by sharing my experiences I can help others avoid the same fate then I’m glad to do it. Prison doesn’t define who I am. It’s something that happened to me and like every other experience in life it’s something that I learned from and then I moved on. The ability to learn from mistakes and move on is important in business.
A Little Perseverance
I don’t want to suggest that making mistakes and owning up to them is easy. It isn’t. Accepting the fact that I made poor choices and that I deserved to go to prison has been a hard thing to come to terms with. It’s human nature to want to blame others for our own failings, but it’s something I’ve learned to do. What I’ve learned from the experience is that you can come back from the brink with a little hard work and perseverance.
I reached the top of the real estate world a few years back. I had famous clients and I was invited to speak on popular news channels such as CNN. Then it all ended. At least that part of my life did.
The easy thing to do would have been to stay out of the spotlight when released from prison. I chose to use my experiences to rebuild my life and share them so that others could avoid the same pitfalls. The right road isn’t always the easy road.
