Earning Freedom with Michael Santos

Gang Member to Good Community Citizen

Marcus White tells his story on the Earning Freedom Mastermind Program today. When Marcus was 19, authorities arrested him for murder. He accepted a plea agreement and served the next 16 years in Washington State prisons. Marcus began inside the high-security penitentiary at Walla Walla. When he began, he said that he was motivated to build upon the gang reputation. Other people influenced him to change, and over time, Marcus transitioned onto a path that would lead him to develop new values and goals. He discusses his transformation on the Earning Freedom podcast today.

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I feel passionately about teaching people who live in struggle. I want them to learn the principles that empowered me through 26 years in prison. They allowed me to live with a high level of discipline and energy, even though I had decades to serve. Anyone can apply these same principles and transform their life. Instead of living in self-pity, a better approach is to learn lessons that Socrates and other masterminds taught. Today's lesson focuses on what it means to have the right attitude. It follows the earlier lessons on values and goals. Stick with this program and transform your life.

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While serving 26 years in federal prisons of every security level, I learned from masterminds. Now I'm committed to teaching those lessons to others who serve time in jails or prisons. I also strive to teach students who've been identified as being at-risk of criminal behavior. Through these podcasts and lesson plans and videos, people can see patterns that exist. We all face struggle, we all face adversity. Those who choose to embrace the path of masterminds, realize that they can overcome. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But if they embark upon a principled, deliberate plan, they can create better futures. In today's Earning Freedom Mastermind Course on Goals, I discuss the importance of establishing clearly defined goals and later I share how the strategy strengthened me through the journey.

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I designed the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course to teach lessons that i learned from leaders. Those leaders begin with Socrates, but extend to so many others. I learned from Gandhi, Mandela, and Jobs and Gates. Those leaders helped me overcome 26 years in prison. They taught that if we lead a values-based, goal-oriented life, we can triumph over struggle. Those lessons empower all who embrace them. As time passes, lessons from masterminds leads to self-actualization. It's the message i strive to teach people who live in struggle.

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Earning Freedom Mastermind Course

I consider Gandhi a mastermind. Lessons I learned from his writings inspired me to pursue a deliberate path through each day that I served in prison. As Gandhi, advised, I wanted to live as the change that I wanted to see in the world. To show my appreciation for lessons I learned from Gandhi and other masterminds, I created this program to inspire people who live in struggle. We have more than 2.1 million people in America's prisons. I want those people to see that they can become more than current circumstances and past decisions. They can change their lives by changing their philosophies. By espousing the philosophies of masterminds, they too can overcome.

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Celebrating Incremental Achievements

In the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course, I teach strategies that empowered me through 26 years in prison. I learned those strategies from masterminds who came from diverse backgrounds. Socrates taught me about the importance of the social contract and my relationship to society. Mandela taught the importance of humility. Gandhi taught the importance of peace. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jack Welch taught the importance of living deliberately, in clear pursuit of goals. All of those masterminds taught me to celebrate incremental achievements. That is what I offer in today's podcast.

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Earning Freedom Mastermind Course

In the Earning Freedom Mastermind Course, I teach strategies that empowered me through 26 years in federal prison. This series of podcasts helps more people see the path to success. First, establish values. Then set goals. Advance toward aspirations with the right attitude. Take incremental action steps and hold yourself accountability. Those who adhere to such a deliberate path become aware of opportunities and they create awareness in the marketplace about their passion for success. Today's podcast focuses on awareness and offers suggestions on how you can use this principle to overcome struggle in your life.

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Earning Freedom Mastermind: Accountability

Masterminds inspired me to prepare for success at the start of my journey through prison. I was in my early 20s when I first learned from masterminds and they taught me the importance of adhering to a values-based, goal-oriented life. Earlier lessons in the Mastermind lead us to this lesson on accountability. When we establish long-term plans, accountability metics keep us on track. I used that strategy through the decades that I served in prison. The strategy of using accountability logs and metrics kept me on track for success. Accountability metrics can do the same for you.

Chase Stockon: CEO of Panther International

Today I spoke with Chase Stockon, CEO and founder of Panther International. Chase told the Earning Freedom audience about his philosophy for building a great business. He tried to understand the pain points, or challenges that his prospective customers faced. Then he worked to build solutions for those customers. A 100% commitment to customer service fueled his principled approach to success. As a consequence, he built a company that now has a role in facilitating and tracking more than $20 billion in resources. Turns out the same principles necessary to build a great business apply to individuals who want to build a great life. I'm glad that Chase shared his inspiring story with the Earning Freedom podcast.

Building a path to success after struggle requires commitment. We measure that commitment by a number of variables, including action steps. In today's Earning Freedom podcast, I spoke how early action steps I took resulted in new opportunities. Masterminds inspired me to continue working toward leading a life of relevance and contributions. That strategy made a massive difference during my journey through prison and beyond. What action steps are you taking?