S2E9 - Prisoners Pardon - Brent Cassity
Episode description
Looking
at the doors of Leavenworth prison from the inside is where Brent Cassity found
himself. Once a successful CEO of a national company and recognized by Time,
Forbes and Fortune magazines, obviously Brent’s fortunes had changed. Brent
didn’t allow himself to stay down even while there. Brent’s now a successful
author and podcast host who used his experience of being a prisoner to make
lasting changes. Listen to the simple five things Brent did to turn his worst
nightmare to success.
Show
Highlights:
· Entering
prison
· How he
got along with fellow inmates
· Overcoming
his fear
· Two types
of prisoners
· Family
support
· Brent’s
5-Steps to Success
Takeaways:
1.) Inmates can tell quickly if you’ve never
been to prison before - Brent was
blessed to find someone willing to help him adjust. You have a good chance to
find someone there from past who can help.
2) Set goals/standards to fight being institutionalized and
sinking into a depression and giving up. Include your family or a person to
help hold you up.
3)
Take Steps to support your
goals/standards
Brent’s
5 Steps from his book Nightmare Success with corresponding Proverbs:
1.
Be humble – Ask for help
Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with
the humble is wisdom
2.
Find Zaywontanao – Dream/Purpose – Goal or plan,
step
Proverbs 13:16 – In everything the prudent acts with
knowledge
3.
Move past bad days – how to get a win out of bad,
don’t get caught up into it. Don’t look too far ahead.
Proverbs 24:16 - For though a righteous man falls seven times,
he rises again
4.
Learn from mistakes – You will make them but make
sure you learn from them.
Proverbs 22:3 – The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but
the simple go on an suffer for it.
5.
Don’t give up
Proverbs 21:5 – The plans of the diligent lead to profit as
surely as haste leads to poverty.
Book
Nightmare Success
Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally