Ryan Blair

no they they placed a case on me uh so i was in a gang and i got in a fight with an older guy and he was over 18 years old and i took his hat off his head in the fight and so they they loaded me up with charges now because i had a public defender and i didn't know any better you know i was i was going to prison if you have a wealthy family that can hire a good attorney you'd never get uh you know come on the scales of justice are blind i thought are they you

no they they placed a case on me uh so i was in a gang and i got in a fight with an older guy and he was over 18 years old and i took his hat off his head in the fight and so they they loaded me up with charges now because i had a public defender and i didn't know any better you know i was i was going to prison if you have a wealthy family that can hire a good attorney you'd never get uh you know come on the scales of justice are blind i thought are they you

no they they placed a case on me uh so i was in a gang and i got in a fight with an older guy and he was over 18 years old and i took his hat off his head in the fight and so they they loaded me up with charges now because i had a public defender and i didn't know any better you know i was i was going to prison if you have a wealthy family that can hire a good attorney you'd never get uh you know come on the scales of justice are blind i thought are they you

You'd never get armed robbery for taking a hat off a person's head during a fist fight. It was a hat. I took a hat. But, you know, my mom didn't know any better. And so next thing you know, I'm heading to four years in prison. And I knew that because of the path of some of my family members and people in my neighborhood, in the event that I went to prison, I was done.

You'd never get armed robbery for taking a hat off a person's head during a fist fight. It was a hat. I took a hat. But, you know, my mom didn't know any better. And so next thing you know, I'm heading to four years in prison. And I knew that because of the path of some of my family members and people in my neighborhood, in the event that I went to prison, I was done.

You'd never get armed robbery for taking a hat off a person's head during a fist fight. It was a hat. I took a hat. But, you know, my mom didn't know any better. And so next thing you know, I'm heading to four years in prison. And I knew that because of the path of some of my family members and people in my neighborhood, in the event that I went to prison, I was done.

I'd be a professional criminal because I was very smart. I was very capable of creating a lot of problems. I was leading over 100 people in the gang I was in at a very young age. And so I knew that once I went to jail, I was done. So I wrote the judge a letter begging for leniency. He granted it to me under the condition that I never returned to see him again.

I'd be a professional criminal because I was very smart. I was very capable of creating a lot of problems. I was leading over 100 people in the gang I was in at a very young age. And so I knew that once I went to jail, I was done. So I wrote the judge a letter begging for leniency. He granted it to me under the condition that I never returned to see him again.

I'd be a professional criminal because I was very smart. I was very capable of creating a lot of problems. I was leading over 100 people in the gang I was in at a very young age. And so I knew that once I went to jail, I was done. So I wrote the judge a letter begging for leniency. He granted it to me under the condition that I never returned to see him again.

And he told me I should be writing in college, not in prison. And that changed my life because no one had ever believed I should go to college at all. I was a dropout, went to a continuation high school. And all of a sudden, this man believes I should be writing in college. And so I had the dream to become a writer at that point. Okay. All right. So you had your GED at this point. No.

And he told me I should be writing in college, not in prison. And that changed my life because no one had ever believed I should go to college at all. I was a dropout, went to a continuation high school. And all of a sudden, this man believes I should be writing in college. And so I had the dream to become a writer at that point. Okay. All right. So you had your GED at this point. No.

And he told me I should be writing in college, not in prison. And that changed my life because no one had ever believed I should go to college at all. I was a dropout, went to a continuation high school. And all of a sudden, this man believes I should be writing in college. And so I had the dream to become a writer at that point. Okay. All right. So you had your GED at this point. No.

No, I was 15 years old. I got my GED shortly after that. And then a mentor came into my life and he was in real estate and he was a very wealthy person. Let's talk about that. How did you meet your mentor? So he started dating my mom. And because my mom was near and dear to me, she's no longer with me. I protected her. The neighborhood we lived in, I wouldn't allow any man to come near her.

No, I was 15 years old. I got my GED shortly after that. And then a mentor came into my life and he was in real estate and he was a very wealthy person. Let's talk about that. How did you meet your mentor? So he started dating my mom. And because my mom was near and dear to me, she's no longer with me. I protected her. The neighborhood we lived in, I wouldn't allow any man to come near her.

No, I was 15 years old. I got my GED shortly after that. And then a mentor came into my life and he was in real estate and he was a very wealthy person. Let's talk about that. How did you meet your mentor? So he started dating my mom. And because my mom was near and dear to me, she's no longer with me. I protected her. The neighborhood we lived in, I wouldn't allow any man to come near her.

I had to be very protective of her. We were worried about drive-bys. I was always worried about her. being killed and so she said i met this man he's a good man uh he's wealthy he's in real estate and he wants to meet you and i thought to myself this is my way out of the ghetto right and uh i had the meeting with him and and he was very harmless nice man and uh next thing you know my life changed

I had to be very protective of her. We were worried about drive-bys. I was always worried about her. being killed and so she said i met this man he's a good man uh he's wealthy he's in real estate and he wants to meet you and i thought to myself this is my way out of the ghetto right and uh i had the meeting with him and and he was very harmless nice man and uh next thing you know my life changed

I had to be very protective of her. We were worried about drive-bys. I was always worried about her. being killed and so she said i met this man he's a good man uh he's wealthy he's in real estate and he wants to meet you and i thought to myself this is my way out of the ghetto right and uh i had the meeting with him and and he was very harmless nice man and uh next thing you know my life changed

You or your mom? He took me under his wing. By the grace of God, he took me under his wing immediately. He saw I had tattoos all over me. He saw I was heading in the wrong direction. He gave me motivational personal growth materials like Lead the Field, Tony Robbins, Earl Nightingale, Dale Carnegie. He insisted that I read these things. In fact, he paid me to read them.

You or your mom? He took me under his wing. By the grace of God, he took me under his wing immediately. He saw I had tattoos all over me. He saw I was heading in the wrong direction. He gave me motivational personal growth materials like Lead the Field, Tony Robbins, Earl Nightingale, Dale Carnegie. He insisted that I read these things. In fact, he paid me to read them.