The Ultimate Comeback Story: From Prisoner to Millionaire | Michael Santos
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Michael Santos was 23 years old when he was sentenced to 45 years in jail for drug trafficking and other related charges. Michael was able to finish his sentence in 26 years, and now helps others transition to life outside of prison.
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Michael Santos read “The Treasury of Philosophy” in prison and totally changed his way of thinking with the story of Socrates. Michael had a three-pronged plan to change his life. These prongs were:
1. Get an education.
2. Contribute to society.
3. Build a strong support system.
Michael focused on these three prong every single day he was incarcerated and used the ideals as a compass for his life. In his first 10 years spent in jail, Michael Santos became a college grad with an undergraduate and a master's degree as well as a published author! By the time he served his 15th year, his books were in colleges across the country.
Ryan Pineda asked Michael what some ways where he prepared for life when he was getting out of prison. Michael worked on developing relati
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| 0:20.0 | There's always a record. |
| 0:21.4 | All right, today I've got a guy with me who spent 26 years in prison. |
| 0:25.2 | And now he is helping prisoners transition out and be successful. |
| 0:31.2 | He's consulting and helping business people out, learning from his own experiences |
| 0:35.7 | and the things that he's had to go through in his entire life. |
| 0:39.1 | And just helping people get to that next level. |
| 0:41.4 | I've got Michael Santos. |
| 0:42.5 | What's up, man? |
| 0:43.6 | Super grateful to you for having me here. |
| 0:45.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.5 | So I want to jump into what you're doing now, post prison, but just recap. |
| 0:51.5 | What even got you there in the beginning? |
| 0:53.4 | Yes, I'm a kid who made some really bad decisions, starting really young. |
| 0:57.2 | By the time I was 20, I saw the movie Scarface and didn't look at it as an entertainment |
| 1:02.2 | feature, but rather a pathway to fast chicks and fast cars and a fast life and didn't |
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