S2E151 How to be an Agent of Change with Damon West
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
When faced with adversity, you can either let your environment change you for the worse, or you can find the power inside to change your life for the better. In this episode, bestselling author and keynote speaker Damon West tells how he went from incarceration in a Texas maximum-security prison to helping people worldwide transform their situation, overcome challenges and create positive change.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· How he descended into a life of drugs and crime.
· How the ‘coffee bean mindset’ transformed his life.
· Why he now dedicates himself to being useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Coffee Bean, by Jon Gordon and Damon West
The Change Agent, by Damon West
S1E106 Leading Your Life and Business with Jon Gordon
Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“When you change the way you think, you change the results in your life.” – Damon West
“Once you believe in yourself, then other people can believe in you too.” – Damon West
“No matter where you are in life, you have the ability to be grateful for something.” – Damon West
“When you own your past, you're no longer a slave to your past. When you own your past, you can write a better future.” – Damon West
“Be a servant to other people; look for ways to enrich the lives of people.” – Damon West
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, the Podcast for Entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing |
| 0:07.7 | yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's your host, founder of America's largest business coaching company, Brian the Feeney. |
| 0:15.0 | Top of the morning to you and welcome to It's a Good Life. |
| 0:21.0 | Today we're joined by a man with a very, very special story that I know will inspire you. His name is Damon West. |
| 0:29.2 | Damon was a Division I quarterback living the dream. He suffered a career ending injury and along the way got exposed to methamphetamine. |
| 0:37.0 | They say when you meet meth you meet your God and Damon was instantly hooked. |
| 0:42.0 | Eventually ended up receiving a 65 year prison sentence at the age of 33. |
| 0:48.0 | In jail he met a mentor named Mr Jackson who introduced him to a concept called the |
| 0:54.4 | coffee bean. This led to a life of transformation and ultimately Damon was |
| 0:59.3 | released from prison after just seven years. |
| 1:02.6 | Today he's a professor of criminal justice |
| 1:04.8 | and a hugely in-demand speaker. |
| 1:07.4 | And I'm very excited to announce that Damon |
| 1:09.9 | will be at our mastermind summit this August, so come and see him in person. |
| 1:15.6 | But that's not all. |
| 1:16.6 | He's also a best-selling author of the change agent and then the coffee bean who he wrote |
| 1:21.1 | with our good friend John Gordon. |
| 1:23.5 | Damon, you've got an amazing story. |
| 1:25.9 | And I've been looking forward to this interview |
| 1:27.4 | for some time. |
| 1:28.7 | Welcome to the show. |
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