OK, I’m not an ex-prisoner, I just like tabloid subject lines. Also, I’d like to say: this is not about Tony Robbins-type motivation lessons. It’s about very practical, useful advice.
How did you get where you are today? Can you trace step-by-step the path to your success? The path not taken by your homeless brothers and sisters - the ones that didn’t pass Go? Could your explicit instructions be successfully followed by someone wanting to kick-start their life?
Could you at least trace a successful path for an unskilled ex-prisoner with no high school diploma that would lead to a steady job with a telecommunications company? Briefly, I suppose.