Dan Martell - When I Was In Prison, Brian Saved My Life

00:00:00.000 I was 16, I was in jail, I was in prison.

00:00:03.560 The door opens and there's this guard there named Brian.

00:00:05.760 He's super disappointed, he says to follow him

00:00:07.640 and I follow him down the hallway.

00:00:08.820 He brings me in this room, sits down and looks at me,

00:00:11.060 he's just disappointed, he goes,

00:00:11.960 what the are you doing, man?

00:00:13.540 Why are you here?

00:00:15.000 I go, I got in a fight with Kirk

00:00:17.180 and they throw me in a hole and he goes,

00:00:18.760 no, not that, man.

00:00:19.680 He goes, why are you here?

00:00:21.360 And I go, well, I stole a car and a high-speed chase

00:00:23.620 and had a bunch of .

00:00:25.220 And he goes, no, man, you don't belong here.

00:00:28.220 and that moment shifted everything.

00:00:31.680 I can tell you, I'm here because of a guy named Brian

00:00:34.600 that doesn't even remember having that conversation with me.

00:00:38.020 You know why he doesn't remember?

00:00:39.380 Because it wasn't the first person

00:00:40.560 he probably had that conversation with.

00:00:42.060 He just knew that the one thing he could do

00:00:44.640 for all these kids is pull them aside

00:00:46.200 when he had a moment to tell them

00:00:47.300 they didn't belong in this place.

00:00:48.720 Imagine if he did that for every kid.

00:00:50.660 The opportunity to express belief in another human being

00:00:54.400 costs nothing and means so much.

Dan Martell - February 22, 2024