Mistakes can haunt us. The guilt, shame, and fear we may carry for decades. How do we let go and be free? Get the answers from a man who has reached the bottom of bottoms from indictment by the government and potentially facing life in prison, to creating a new way of life, a successful career, and a philosophy for self-acceptance and self-love.
Kyle is a speaker and author of Patchwork Junkie: A True Story About Drugs, Prison & Surviving Redemption. He came out of prison at 35 years old with 5 felony convictions, no college degree, no network, and had never even sent an email. He then built a successful sales career and went from earning $10 per hour to becoming Vice President of a publicly-traded company in less than a decade.
Quotes to remember:
“I changed the way I thought and what I was filling that God-shaped vacuum with.”
“Success doesn’t require that you’re complete or that you’ve got everything worked out.”
“Everyone’s ultimate success is always on the other side of fear.”
Takeaways:
- Seek truth rather than different circumstances
- Everyone has opportunities; they are disguised as hard work and needing to swallow your pride
- Your life is so much more than to make money for investors
- Telling your truth is an act of courage and strength to overcome your fear
- We are not the ego/lizard brain
- What is happening to you might be happening for you; ask yourself what the thing inside you is that wants to be expressed or shifted and do it
- It all comes down to how we treat ourselves, and to love ourselves
- See the child in everyone
- Who you become is why it matters
- What is more important than your spiritual philosophy?
- Your story will become part of many other people’s stories
What you’ll learn:
- How Kyle went from Letterman to junkie on the streets to criminal in jail
- The three spiritual truths he came to after detoxing for months in solitary prison, which helped him recover without rehab
- About the emotional strain of not knowing how long he would be imprisoned
- The secret sauce that launched him from working at a call center to VP of a large company
- Why he walked away from his lucrative career
- How to face your inner critic
- What scares Kyle now, in this leg of his journey
- Why he wouldn’t change anything looking back; what’s truly important
- The power of your story and your truth
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