When trust improves, the mood improves.
You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living.
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past.
We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.