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Join Up Dots -  Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

301: Dainhen Butler: Finding His Dot In The Form Of A Broken Violin

Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

David Ralph of Join Up Dots

Interview, Motivation, Online, Businessinterview, Education, Businesscoaching, Entrepreneur, Lifestyle, Income, Business

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Not too many people can say life was nice and easy for them growing up. But our guest on Join Up Dots will tell you his life wasn't extremely hard as a young adult, but it definitely wasn't easy either. Surrounding himself with groups of friends that showed him that life was what you made it, he got involved with quick and easy money and a life of crime at a young age. His desire to wear brand clothing sparked petty thievery such as popping lockers to steal valuables of fellow classmates to begin with, which gradually evolved to armed robberies. It was when he ordered his affiliates to intrude a store for the second time that was under police surveillance that things came to a head and he was sentenced to serve 10 Years in Lee Arrendale State Prison for armed robbery. Now the interesting thing about this tale was our guest wasn't a child who was uninterested, bored and didn't have an interest for schooling. He loved being on the debate team, and like many children had a huge passion for playing basketball and shooting the hoops. This is a tale of a young adult surrounding himself with the wrong people and making the wrong choices in life Now he has risen from the ashes of his past mistakes and run's several businesses in the local Georgia community: FunTime Moonwalk Rentals, A&B Ice Cream Trucks, and Tender Care Home Healthcare Service. He also published a book on his testimony- Shawty: Dainhen Butler and appeared on the well received documentary The Alto Adjustment", which is the harrowing but inspirational documentary of his life. So what was life like in prison, and is it likely to inspire the prisoners to change direction, or harden them for a life of more crime? And does he feel that he is a stronger person because of his history or just a different person because of it? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Dainhen Butler.

Transcript

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0:00.0

When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be

0:05.3

but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling. Join up dots features

0:10.6

amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.

0:15.0

This is your blueprint for greatness.

0:18.0

So here's your host, live from the back of his garden in the UK, David Ralph.

0:25.0

Yes, hello there, good morning to you and welcome to the first episode in the 300s.

0:32.0

Yes, this is episode 301 of Join Up Dots and

0:36.3

we're coming to you across the world and we have got a guy on today that has

0:41.0

absolutely got a fascinating story and he's probably the only

0:45.2

guest that I've had on so far that I've actually watched him live in a documentary

0:49.5

before actually recording so I know a certain amount about him and I know it's a story

0:53.9

that is going to inspire you and in for all you as we have our conversation.

0:58.7

Now not too many people can say a life was nice and easy for them growing up. But our guest on

1:04.7

join up dots will tell you his life wasn't extremely hard as a young adult, but it

1:08.8

definitely wasn't easy either. Surrounding himself with groups of friends that showed him that life was what you made it, he got

1:14.8

involved with quick and easy money and a life of crime at quite a young age. His desire to wear

1:20.1

brand clothing sparked Patty Fevery, such as popping lockers to steal valuables

1:24.6

off fellow classmates to begin with which gradually evolved to armed robberies.

1:29.8

It was when he ordered his affiliates to intrude a store for the second time that was under police

1:34.0

surveillance, that things came to a head and he was sentenced to serve 10 years in Lee Arondale

1:39.7

State Prison for armed robbery. The interesting thing about this town to me was,

1:45.0

I guess wasn't a child who was uninterested bored

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