Exhibit A. My Record.
The rap sheet became the résumé.
Most bios hide the ugly parts. Mine starts there. Because the mess is the message.
Everyone wants to be discovered. Few are willing to be developed.
Three sentences. Eight felonies.
March 14, 2014. 8:47 PM.
The gavel fell. Sixteen years. Drugs. Gangs. Fast money that cost me everything, three separate times. My mom prayed for eighteen years while I ran. The sentence wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was not knowing who I was without the streets.
The same walls. A different man.
A vision behind the walls.
Inside a Texas prison, I found John Maxwell on a VHS tape. He taught the Law of the Price Tag. What are you willing to give up to go up? For the first time, my life had a question worth answering. God gave me a vision bigger than my record. I spent five years behind those walls paying the price.
From watching the tapes to sitting at the table.
$1,000 borrowed from Momma.
November 28, 2018.
I walked out with $50, a Bible, and a vision. Fresh GED. Eight felonies. Nobody hiring. I borrowed $1,000 from Momma for my Maxwell certification down payment. 104 days later, Mark Cole, the Maxwell Leadership CEO, put me on stage. 4,500 coaches. On that stage I made a declaration. One day, John Maxwell will hold my book. Mark believed in me before I fully did.
2019. Living proof, on the record.
Paid with a burger coupon.
My first booking was three and a half hours of training. The payment? One WhataBurger coupon. Not a check. A coupon. That day taught me a lesson no certificate could. People pay you what you believe you're worth. I had the certification. I didn't have the brand, the message, or the marketing. So I paid another price tag. Six figures invested, learning from the best in the industry.
Three and a half hours of training. This was the check.
The system finally worked.
Corey came from corporate America. I came from prison. Together we built a coaching business past $4.5 million. Not from a big network. From a clear message, a real offer, and marketing that finds the right people. Then we noticed who kept hiring us. Certified coaches stuck exactly where we had been. Today, that's who I serve.
Two Comma Club. Handed over by Russell Brunson.
Your past doesn't define your purpose. Your purpose redefines your past.
