Listener Favorites: Chris Wilson | From Life in Prison to a Life of Meaning and Purpose
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Chris Wilson was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 17. During his time inside, Chris made the courageous decision to turn his life around. Within the confinements of his prison cell, he wrote a master plan. Behind bars, he became fluent in multiple languages, fostered good relationships and even started a successful business. Join our discussion to hear about the impact he had on the prison community, his mindset that helped him in achieving his goal, as well as how, in-spite of a life sentence, he built a life of meaning and purpose.
If you’re interested in Chris Wilson’s work, you can find his latest book, The Master Plan, and more at www.ChrisWilson.biz
Catch up with Chris on Twitter @ChrisWilsonBalt and on Instagram @ChrisWilsonBaltimore
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| 0:00.0 | When I got out I was released in Baltimore |
| 0:02.6 | They gave me my fifty dollars |
| 0:05.0 | So I was out left to facility to start a rainy and |
| 0:09.0 | I was trying to figure out how to call like I had a phone number for like one of my friends to pick me up |
| 0:14.3 | But I was trying to figure out how I could convince someone to allow me to use their cell phone the call right |
| 0:19.8 | There was no payphones when I got up. They didn't like pay phones were gone and |
| 0:24.1 | Folks were like terrified. It was like I'm not gonna let you what no |
| 0:27.3 | What why do you have a phone and I want to tell them like I just got a prison? |
| 0:31.3 | But I ended up offering to got $10 for him to call my cousin on his phone on the speaker phone |
| 0:37.6 | And he ended up the guy was nice to and he ended up like not accepting a $10 |
| 0:42.1 | But then when I got home |
| 0:44.4 | You know, I just was like under a lot of anxiety because soon as you get out you got to check in with your parole officer |
| 0:50.9 | Like 24 within 24 hours and then they're telling you you need to get a job as soon as possible |
| 0:57.6 | But you got to check in with them twice a week. So even if you get a job |
| 1:01.4 | You got to come in twice a week for your analysis and they make you pay for the your analysis |
| 1:07.0 | It's just a lot of expectations and it's kind of like they set you up to fail |
| 1:15.0 | I'm Srinie Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most |
| 1:21.4 | Innovative and creative minds started movements built driving businesses written best-selling books and created in |
| 1:27.5 | Sainly interesting art for more check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakablecreative.com |
| 1:35.5 | My mission at unmistakable creative is to bring you conversations with insanely interesting people |
| 1:40.2 | But that's not all. It's also to help you become one of them |
| 1:43.9 | I've never met a person that doesn't have creative ideas |
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