It sounds like a tidy piece of inspirational fiction: A coke-snorting, booze-guzzling dropout squanders every opportunity in life, turns to armed robbery, burglary and sleazy telemarketing scams, spends much of his adult life behind bars as a self-proclaimed “worthless piece of shit” — then discovers the secrets of better living from self-help gurus, totally reforms, emerges from prison in time to salvage a relationship with his young son, and builds a multimillion-dollar company from scratch in just four years.

Read the full article at WestWord:
http://www.westword.com/news/from-caon-city-to-maui-ex-con-weldon-longs-strange-trip-5882454

Becoming a top producer in sales is not a knowledge issue. It is a consistency issue.

If you were consistently doing the things you already know you should be doing, your income and career would already be exceptional. But little things seem to get in your way, and although you temporarily make some changes for the better, after a short time you find yourself falling back into your old routine. You can’t seem to make the changes stick.

Read the full article at NASP:
http://www.nasp.com/article/AE7BA7BC-A8C4/the-problem-with-closing-sales.html

In a nutshell, I somehow transcended a 20-Year cycle of prison, poverty and addiction and created a life of wealth, happiness and contribution.

Within a few short years of being released from prison (for the third time), I grew one of Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, with over 20 Million Dollars in Sales in just 60 months. Today I spend the bulk of my time writing and speaking about how others can succeed in life and business, despite any adversity and challenge they may face.

Read the full article at Writer’s Digest:
http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/improve-my-writing/self-pub-2010-interview