Humility Transforms Leadership and Life

Back in the courtroom and they read my sentence out loud. Damon Joseph west, you are hereby sentenced to 65 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Mick, 65 years in the state of Texas is a life sentence in the state of Texas. Addiction doesn't care who you are or where you come from. Addiction does not discriminate because addiction doesn't care who you are, where you come from, who your parents are. When addiction's got a hold of you, it's got you.

What was that moment like of having to look people in the eye and saying, this is who I really am?

Yeah, it was. It was humbling. I mean, and I think humility is when we are right sized because humility removes the ego and everything else, or what our imaginations make the giants of our dreams. It was extremely humbling. If you ever shut yourself off to people because of their differences, different race, different gender, different ethnicity, different religion, opinions, different political views. If you close yourself off to people because of their differences, you could miss some of the most important lessons and some of the best friendships in this life.