What do you tell someone drowning in excuses when you've been locked up 24 years and 10 months, then walk out and start building in under 60 days? Tyrus C. Potts answers with one word: focus. Keep the plan. Keep the vision. Keep the standards. Lose focus and you lose everything anyway.
Carlos sits down with Tyrus, founder of Tyrus C. Potts LLC, poet, and returning citizen, to unpack "My sky has no limit" and the difference between resources that are around you vs. resources that apply to you. You'll hear his poem "Black Brutality," the power of mentorship and education inside, and the moment pride had to die so growth could start.
This episode will challenge you:
- Are you focused, or just busy?
- Who belongs in your picture frame?
- Will you pursue your purpose, or keep your excuses?
Chapters:
00:00 No Excuses, Only Focus
06:30 “Aim Higher or Stay Stuck”
12:40 Compton, Survival, and a Life Sentence
18:45 Prison Reality: Violence, Codes, and Choice
24:30 When Structure Is the Difference Between Chaos
30:05 The Mentor Who Changed Everything
35:45 Education, Words, and Rewriting Identity
41:10 Forgiveness, Family, and Becoming a Man
46:20 Walking Out: Freedom Isn’t Instant
52:30 Purpose Beyond Prison
Links mentioned in this episode:
Get a free PDF of my book “Warrior in the Garden: 7 Rules for Men”
My Confidence Masterclass: https://carlosvasquezofficial.thinkific.com/products/courses/building-confidence-masterclass
My new book: The PRICE Method: How I Turn Pain into Purpose
https://amazon.com/dp/B0BXMRB613
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