From Drugs and Jail to Successful entrepreneur
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Summary
This is the story of the first time someone told me that they believed in me, and I didn t even see it myself. At 16 years old, I was locked up in a jail cell, and a guard came in and said that he was going to take care of me.
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I was sitting in this jail cell wondering what the fuck am I doing with my life because I was
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trying to do better and one day this guard Brian opens the door and Brian was one of those guards
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that was just like super cool like was stern was there but you just felt like he cared and Brian
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says come with me and he sits me in the corner and he looks at me and he says what are you doing here
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and I said well I you know stole a car and guns and he goes no no no he goes what are you doing
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here. I said, I don't know. And Brian goes, you don't belong here. I see the way you do your
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homework. I see how you're trying to stay out of trouble. And I want you to know, Dan, if you've
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never had anybody tell you this, that I believe in you. At 16 years old, that was the first time I
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ever had an adult look at me in the eyes and tell me that they believed in me and I didn't even see