A man who spent 22 years in prison starting at age 20 describes how reading, faith, and discipline transformed him into an entrepreneur. He built a framework around three pillars: faith, character, and a concrete plan, plus mentorship. He now runs The Timeless Group.
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Hey folks, you need faith, character, and a plan. Faith, character, and a plan. If you have those three things, you can almost do anything you want in life. You really can. Look at me, 16 years old, going to juvenile hall, getting in trouble as a youth. 18 years old, young adult, still getting in trouble, finding myself in front of a judge, going to court, being arrested. 20 years old, 21 years old, in prison, in prison. And I would stay there until I was 42 years old. During that time I was there though, I took advantage of reading, educating myself, changing my mindset, developing character, coming up with plans. I, I wrote everything down. I took a lot of notes. When I read, I took notes. And that prepared me for when I came out of that environment of incarceration. I was prepared. I was ready. I was in the process of, you know, I was developing my character. I was, uh, I was becoming more in my faith as a Muslim. I, I believe in God. I follow the ways of my Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, right? These are the things that I did. So whatever your faith is, you know, you, you have to have faith You have to have character. You have to build your character. You have to be a patient person. You have to be a disciplined person. You have to, you have to develop this character. And then you need a plan. You need something that you can look to as a plan that you can execute. You need mentors. You also need mentors. You know, I said 3 things, but the 4th is you do need mentors. And with that, you're on your way. You're literally on your way. And don't give up. Don't, don't, don't feel like, ah, this is just too overwhelming, I can't do it. That's why you need character. You need to have patience. You need to develop that and discipline to keep going, to stay to it, stay to your mission. And mark my word, You will be there. Look at me today. I am nowhere where I was at as a youth, as that troubled youth, that gangbanging thug that I once was. Today I'm a successful businessman. I'm a founder, a CEO of a successful organization, The Timeless Group. It can be done, mark my word.
