Download or read book Earning Freedom written by Michael G Santos and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Santos helps audiences understand how to overcome the struggle of a lengthy prison term. Readers get to experience the mindset of a 23-year-old young man that goes into prison at the start of America's War on Drugs. They see how decisions that Santos made at different stages in the journey opened opportunities for a life of growth, fulfillment, and meaning.Santos tells the story in three sections: Veni, Vidi, Vici.In the first section of the book, we see the challenges of the arrest, the reflections while in jail, the criminal trial, and the imposition of a 45-year prison term.In the second section of the book, we learn how Santos opened opportunities to grow. By writing letters to universities, he found his way into a college program. After earning an undergraduate degree, he pursued a master's degree. After earning a master's degree, he began work toward a doctorate degree. When authorities blocked his pathway to complete his formal education, Santos shifted his energy to publishing and creating business opportunities from inside of prison boundaries.In the final section, we learn how Santos relied upon critical-thinking skills to position himself for a successful journey inside. He nurtured a relationship with Carole and married her inside of a prison visiting room. Then, he began building businesses that would allow him to return to society strong, with his dignity intact.Through Earning Freedom! readers learn how to overcome struggles and challenges. At any time, we can recalibrate, we can begin working toward a better life. Santos served 9,135 days in prison, and another 365 days in a halfway house before concluding 26 years as a federal prisoner. Through his various websites, he continues to document how the decisions he made in prison put him on a pathway to succeed upon release.

Download or read book Financial Freedom written by Grant Sabatier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Bestseller New York Public Library's "Top 10 Think Thrifty Reads of 2023" "This book blew my mind. More importantly, it made financial independence seem achievable. I read Financial Freedom three times, cover-to-cover." —Lifehacker Money is unlimited. Time is not. Become financially independent as fast as possible. In 2010, 24-year old Grant Sabatier woke up to find he had $2.26 in his bank account. Five years later, he had a net worth of over $1.25 million, and CNBC began calling him "the Millennial Millionaire." By age 30, he had reached financial independence. Along the way he uncovered that most of the accepted wisdom about money, work, and retirement is either incorrect, incomplete, or so old-school it's obsolete. Financial Freedom is a step-by-step path to make more money in less time, so you have more time for the things you love. It challenges the accepted narrative of spending decades working a traditional 9 to 5 job, pinching pennies, and finally earning the right to retirement at age 65, and instead offers readers an alternative: forget everything you've ever learned about money so that you can actually live the life you want. Sabatier offers surprising, counter-intuitive advice on topics such as how to: * Create profitable side hustles that you can turn into passive income streams or full-time businesses * Save money without giving up what makes you happy * Negotiate more out of your employer than you thought possible * Travel the world for less * Live for free--or better yet, make money on your living situation * Create a simple, money-making portfolio that only needs minor adjustments * Think creatively--there are so many ways to make money, but we don't see them. But most importantly, Sabatier highlights that, while one's ability to make money is limitless, one's time is not. There's also a limit to how much you can save, but not to how much money you can make. No one should spend precious years working at a job they dislike or worrying about how to make ends meet. Perhaps the biggest surprise: You need less money to "retire" at age 30 than you do at age 65. Financial Freedom is not merely a laundry list of advice to follow to get rich quick--it's a practical roadmap to living life on one's own terms, as soon as possible.

Download or read book Earning Freedom written by Michael G. Santos and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 11, 1987, when I was 23 years old, DEA agents arrested me. I served the next 9,135 days in federal prisons of every security level. On August 13, 2012, authorities released me. EARNING FREEDOM shows readers how I began to transform my life from inside of a county jail. It shows the steps I took to develop values, skills, and resources that would empower me through a quarter century in confinement. My disciplined and deliberate adjustment began with a principled plan, a commitment to serve my sentence with dignity. I thought about law-abiding citizens and wondered what I could do to earn their forgiveness for the bad decisions I had made during a reckless transition between adolescence and adulthood. Those thoughts led to a three-part plan: I would work to educate myself, I would work to contribute to society, and I would work to build a support network that would have a vested interest in my success upon release. By embarking upon the first prong of the strategy and sticking with it, I earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mercer University and a master's degree from Hofstra University. For the second prong of the strategy, I wrote numerous books to help others understand prisons: the people they hold, how they work, and strategies for growing through confinement. With regard to the third prong, I worked every day to build a support network that would help me succeed upon release as a law-abiding, contributing citizen. To build my support network, I created a document that I called "my portfolio." It was a binder that included copies of my degrees and letters of recommendation that I asked my professors to write on my behalf. Whenever I read of someone whom I thought might have an interest in my work, I reached out by sending a letter and a copy of my portfolio. For every 100 letters I wrote, I received one or two responses. Some of those people were distinguished scholars who wrote extensively about the prison system. People like Norval Morris, from The University of Chicago, John DiIulio, from Princeton, and Joan Petersilia, from Stanford Law School. They became mentors to me, opening numerous opportunities that few would think possible for a man serving a lengthy prison term. It worked so well that I met the love of my life, Carole, while serving a quarter century in prison. We married in a prison visiting room and nurtured our marriage through my final decade of imprisonment. Using blank pages of paper, I drafted a design for a website that I wanted Carole to build. The purpose of the site was to help others understand prisons, the people they hold, and strategies for growing through confinement. I wanted to document my journey, to show others the values-based, goal-oriented approach I took to the adversity of my life. I wanted others to see that with deliberate action steps, an individual could triumph over his environment. Efforts that Carole and I made to live transparently, using the Internet to memorialize our journey, helped to broaden my support network and opened opportunities that I could leverage upon my release. They enabled me to earn an inner freedom, even if I remained in prison. On August 13, 2012, Carole picked me up from prison and drove me to a halfway house in San Francisco. This book tells the story of my journey. The context of my story may be prison, but my message is decidedly human, as we all face adversity of one kind or another. Mine is a message of hope, perseverance, and deliberate action. It shows that regardless of what challenges an individual or business faces today, that individual can set a principled plan to overcome those challenges. That is the essential message of EARNING FREEDOM.

Download or read book Money Confidence written by Crystal Oculee and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to money,hope is not a strategy. Toughen up, take action, and keep what’s yours! Have you, like many women, put off organizing your financial life? You know you want independence, you know you want to save, and you know you want a solid retirement. But if you’re overwhelmed at the thought of where and how to begin, you’re not alone. You may have been raised to defer to others in matters of money, or you may feel you simply lack the understanding of how to take on financial matters. Without the confidence they need, it’s easy for women to find themselves in a situation where the only action they feel they can take is hoping that everything will turn out all right in the end. But planning for the future doesn’t have to be this way. Money Confidence is Crystal Oculee’s authoritative and engaging reality check and call to action for women of all ages to take—or regain—control of their financial lives. The author shows why hope is not a financial strategy, and how, with the tools and information she provides, women can attain the independence, savings, and secure retirement they want. The author cleverly employs metaphors from familiar fairy tales to illuminate and accentuate the book’s serious message: Women need to toughen up; and they can and need to identify and overcome myths and mind-sets that place them at a disadvantage when it comes to dealing with their money and finding and working with financial advisors. Oculee shows women how to communicate, be strong, ask questions, and reject advisors who don’t take them seriously. Real-life scenarios of various women’s experiences with money and advisors prove how women can get the confidence they need once they know what is holding them back. The author presents informative, down-to-earth explanations of common financial situations and specific financial products along with useful worksheets in a conversational and friendly tone with a good dose of sass. Women will find her valuable and easy-to-follow advice rings true. Crystal is a personal finance expert, a national financial motivational speaker, a Personal Money Trainer™, and author. She is a regular TV and radio guest who has appeared on CBS News, Fox, ABC, KFI, KTLK, KRLA, KDAR, and KKLA. She has also been featured in publications such as Entrepreneur and Redbook. ​Crystal has been a guest speaker at numerous events sponsored by organizations such as the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG), the Motion Picture & Television Fund, California Women’s Conference, the Los Angeles Women’s Expo, An Empowered Woman, and the Guam Women’s Leadership Retreat. She is the author of Your Personal Money Diary.

Download or read book Your Money written by Howard Dayton and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book won't make you rich. It won't make you famous. It might, however, convince you that the problem of money is more than just not getting enough of it. It is a matter of the mind and spirit. It is a matter of freedom.

Download or read book Passive Income Freedom 23 Passive Income Blueprints Go Step By Step from Complete Beginner to 5 000 10 000 Mo in the Next 6 Months written by Gundi Gabrielle and published by Influencer Fast Track. This book was released on 2019-01-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passive Income Freedom! Is that really possible? And if so, do you need a lot of money or special skills? Can anyone achieve this? If you've ever wondered, then this book will provide you with answers and show you in 23 Step-by-Step Blueprints that - yes - Passive Income Freedom is definitely real and achievable for everyone: Including YOU! Even as a total beginner. What you will not find in this book are get rich quick schemes or inflated promises. This book is not for lazy people or tricksters trying to beat the system. These are solid, proven passive income blueprints that do take work in the beginning and certainly have a learning curve. Like anything worth having. But... If you are ready for freedom, Ready to get out of the rat race, and the drudgery of boring, unfulfilling jobs, Ready to get out from under that pile of debt and bills to pay, Ready to become the person you were meant to be with the freedom to pursue your passions and share some AWEsome with the world... Then... this book will be an amazing resource. Taking you by the hand and giving you: A Tour-de-Force Ride through the many - vastly different - realms of passive income entrepreneurship. So you know what's out there. You know what your passive income options are. And you can now decide which path to choose - with - a solid action plan in place so you can actually get there. Don't worry, these are fun... :) As always with SassyZenGirl books, great business info doesn't have to be dull and boring. You will smile, you will be excited - and - you will have sound passive income strategies in place once you finish this book! Are you ready? Then scroll up to the top and hit that BUY BUTTON...:)

Download or read book Your Money Map written by Howard Dayton and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The practical principles in Your Money Map are powerful and life-changing because are they based on the Bible. My only regret is that I did not read it twenty years ago. Don’t make the same mistake!" —Joe Gibbs, former NFL head coach and founder of NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing This book will transform your finances . . . and your life. When you learn what the God of the universe says about handling money—and apply it—everything changes. Your Money Map shows you how. This biblical and practical guide is for everyone—single or married, young or old, whether you earn a little or a lot. It helps you: Frame your finances within God’s big picture Determine and change the trajectory of your financial situation Establish and follow 7 steps for wise stewardship. Follow the principles in Your Money Map toward financial freedom and you will know a joy, peace, and confidence about your finances that few ever do. Includes discussion questions, tools, and resources to help you put the book into practice.

Download or read book Passive Income Freedom written by Nathan Bell and published by Youcanprint. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to be a millionaire, then keep reading. If you've been struggling to amass wealth, then keep reading. Do you want to learn the secrets of becoming a millionaire? Do you feel stuck in a rut and ready to learn new habits? While we've all dreamt big such as driving big cars, and splashing money on luxuries we have always wanted, chances are you've considered this as a daydream despite moving on to purchase a scratch card every time you step out to buy milk. However, becoming a millionaire isn't difficult and unattainable as you may think. Many people prove every year that you don't need to be working in a bank or win a lottery to build up your wealth to seven figures. And for many rich-listeners, becoming a millionaire is more a matter of lifestyle and not having to be scared about your finances, than how much you have kept in the bank. To live like a millionaire, you don't need to have a million pounds saved in the bank. In fact, 99% of millionaires don't. To become a millionaire, you will, for sure, require to be on top of your finances and investments. Becoming a millionaire can mean all sorts of things, but in this book, we're typically mapping out a realistic path to growing your wealth past £1,000,000. This book quickly walks through the whole of your life, reviewing the steps you can take to become a millionaire. To go straight to the point, successful people have successful habits, and unsuccessful people do not. In this book, you will discover the million-dollar habits of men and women who started from rags to riches in one generation. You will discover how to think more effectively, make better decisions, and take more effective actions than other individuals. You will discover how to plan your financial life in such a way that you accomplish your financial goals quicker than you imagine. One of the most critical goals you must accomplish to become happy and successful is the development of your character. You want to become a great person in every area of your life. You want to become that person that others look up to and admire. In each case, the crucial factors in the accomplishment of each of these goals that we all share in the development of specific habits that result in what you want to accomplish. Remember, if you keep doing what you've always done, you will never break away from your job slavery. You will continue to live your life on autopilot. Millionaire habits teach you every strategy to develop millionaire habits for breaking free from your job and start earning today. Discover which habits you need to apply and how to get started? How will the success process change your entire life? Inside this book, you will learn: How to change your habits, and avoid procrastination? The millionaire strategies The secrets to success Discover your emotional why Now is the time to begin getting serious. Stop blaming others for your failure and take deliberate steps.

Download or read book Nine Steps to Financial Freedom written by Suze Orman and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 2000 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suze Orman has transformed the concept of personal finance for millions by teaching us how to gain control of our money -- so that money does not control us. She goes beyond the nuts and bolts of managing money to explore the psychological, even spiritual power money has in our lives. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is the first personal finance book that gives you not only the knowledge of how to handle money, but also the will to break through all the barriers that hold you back. Combining real-life recommendations with the motivation to overcome financial anxieties, Suze Orman offers the keys to providing for yourself and your family, including: * seeing how your past holds the key to your financial future * facing your fears and creating new truths * trusting yourself more than you trust others * being open to receiving all that you are meant to have * understanding the lessons of the money cycle The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is useful advice and inspiration from the leading voice in personal finance. As Orman shows, managing money is far more than a matter of balancing your checkbook or picking the right investments. It's about redefining financial freedom -- and realizing that you are worth far more than your money.

Download or read book Money Drunk Money Sober written by Mark Bryan and published by Wellspring/Ballantine. This book was released on 1999-02-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a society where it is often easier to discuss sex than money, many of us have hidden issues about personal finances. But when fending off bill collectors, begging for salary advances, or borrowing from relatives becomes a way of life, unresolved money problems can lead to enormous stress and destroy relationships, careers, and lives. Do you recognize yourself or someone you love in any of these descriptions? THE COMPULSIVE SPENDER Do you buy things and hide them? THE BIG DEAL CHASER Do you refuse to watch your money because one big deal is going to make everything all right? THE MAINTENANCE MONEY DRUNK Is the pay the only thing you like about your job? THE POVERTY ADDICT Do you feel morally superior to people with money? THE CASH CODEPENDENT Are you afraid to say no to your partner about money? Through their highly effective seminars, Mark Bryan and Julia Cameron have helped many people get out of debt and free themselves from the painful cycle of acting out with money. The Money Drunk offers new perspectives on the real roots of money problems, showing how to dismantle negative family and societal programming about money and how to undo the destructive patterns that sabotage your financial success. The program teaches new, more constructive habits to anyone who has ever had a problem with money.

Download or read book Freedom written by Jaycee Dugard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the follow-up to ... A Stolen Life, [kidnapping survivor] Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book MONEY Master the Game written by Anthony Robbins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bibliography found online at tonyrobbins.com/masterthegame"--Page [643].

Download or read book Mastermind Course written by Michael G. Santos and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Santos was arrested on August 11, 1987, when he was 23 years old. During an awkward transition between the day of his conviction and the day that he was sentenced, he learned from MasterMinds. While locked inside the Pierce County Jail, facing a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, Michael read the story of Socrates. Socrates was incarcerated and awaiting his execution. He was given an opportunity to escape. Yet rather than accepting that opportunity to live out the rest of his life in exile, Socrates chose to serve his sentence. Socrates gave a reason that inspired Michael. Michael then made a 100% commitment to learn from other MasterMinds. He went on to learn from leaders like Nelson Mandela, Viktor Frankl, Gandhi, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jack Welch. They taught him that people have faced struggles and challenges from the beginning of time. Those leaders empowered Michael, convincing him that he could overcome challenges associated with living in confinement, even if he would be incarcerated for multiple decades.Anyone who choses to embrace the MasterMind principles could overcome past bad decisions or current bad circumstances.Through this MasterMind course, readers will learn how MasterMind principles led Michael to strengthen himself through each of the 9,500 days that he lived as a federal prisoner, serving time in prisons of every security level. While incarcerated, Michael earned a bachelor's degree from Mercer University and a master's degree from Hofstra University. He published more than a dozen books from inside of prison boundaries. Earnings from those books allowed him to marry the love of his life and support her from inside prison boundaries. When Michael concluded his 26th year as a federal prisoner, San Francisco State University hired Michael to serve as an adjunct professor.If you want to learn how to triumph over challenges, use this MasterMind course as your guide.Visit MichaelSantos.com to listen to free podcasts that Michael publishes. Visit PrisonProfessor.com for more products and services to assist those who've been charged with a crime. Complete your due diligence so that you will feel confident that Michael has the depth and breadth of experience to guide you through challenging times. Contact Michael through his websites."For people who are lacking in hope he has become a messiah." Joan Petersilia, Stanford Law School Professor, as quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 2012.

Download or read book Wage Earning Slaves written by Claudia Varella and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recognized as a distinctive feature of certain areas under Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a “path to manumission,” the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked slaves from achieving liberty. Claudia Varella and Manuel Barcia trace the evolution of coartación in the context of urban and rural settings, documenting the lived experiences of slaves through primary sources from many different archives. They show that slave owners grew increasingly intolerant and abusive of the process, and that the laws of coartación were not often followed in practice. The process did not become formalized as a contract between slaves and their masters until 1875, after abolition had already come. Varella and Barcia discuss how coartados did not see an improvement in their situation at this time, but essentially became wage-earning slaves as they continued serving their former owners. The exhaustive research in this volume provides valuable insight into how slaves and their masters negotiated with each other in the ever-changing economic world of nineteenth-century Cuba, where freedom was not always absolute and where abuses and corruption most often prevailed.

Download or read book The Freedom to Read written by American Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Right to Earn a Living written by Timothy Sandefur and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s founders thought the right to earn a living was so basic and obvious that it didn’t need to be mentioned in the Bill of Rights. The Right to Earn a Living charts the history of this fundamental human right, from the constitutional system that was designed to protect it by limiting government’s powers, to the Civil War Amendments that expanded protection to all Americans, regardless of race.

Download or read book Financial Freedom written by Larry Dyson and published by Positively. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you dreaming of financial freedom? Financial freedom meaning you have freedom of life and maintain your lifestyle without worrying about money anymore. Maybe you are debt-free or have $100,000 in your savings account. Whatever it is, it's not easy to achieve without investing in patience and time. But don't worry, it's still possible to achieve with some good understanding and awareness about money. In this book, I will share with you ten best tips to achieve financial freedom. After reading this book, you will have solid ideas of what it takes to achieve financial freedom. Read this book right now and achieve financial freedom!