Perspective changes anything
I strive to be optimistic. I’ve learned to search for beauty, goodness and lessons in all circumstances. Turn storms to rainbows, lemons into life and tragedies into opportunities. Only you can control how you see obstacles.
We need more projects like this…
This is an awesome story!
Defy Ventures helps inmates make the shift from prison to small business owners
- Defy Ventures turns inmates into ‘Entrepreneurs in Training,’ giving them short courses that help them develop business skills and pairing them up with mentors
- The program’s exercises “create empathy,” and help bridge the gap between those doing time and those in the business world, says founder Catherine Hoke
- Notable successes include a former New York drug lord who’s now a fitness studio owner.
