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Episode 04 | From Life In Prison To Living With Purpose | Carlos Vasquez, CEO & Founder of How to Battle
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Carlos Vasquez shouldn't even be here. He shouldn't even be alive. Those are the words he spoke to me as we shared one of the most powerful conversations I've ever had.
Today, Carlos is Founder & CEO of How to Battle, a confidence mindset coaching program he developed following his 17-year journey in prison, which ended in June 2021. Carlos has defied nearly every odd both inside and outside of prison and his How To Battle program equips people with the tools to conquer personal and professional challenges, igniting their inner potential for a life of profound transformation. Not unlike his own.
Carlos' transformation is nothing short of miraculous. At 19 years old, six years after joining gang life due to the loss of his father, Carlos was sentenced to 20 years in prison for armed robbery and sent to a maximum-security facility. As prison is a constant mental battle, going in at an early age was particularly tough. He remembers days when self-defeating thoughts plagued his mind so badly, he wanted to end his life. He felt depressed and hopeless and did not know how to battle through it. Only once he was placed in solitary confinement did he begin to experience a gradual but steady shift in his mindset.
During a three-year sentence in solitary confinement, an encounter with a chaplain challenged Carlos to keep fighting. He became relentless in his pursuit for understanding why he had developed the callous mindset that created the destruction that landed him in prison. He desperately wanted to understand the human mind with the hope that in doing so, he could then understand my own. He developed a deep need to find an answer to the question that was keeping him up at night: What was his purpose in life?
In this episode, Carlos beautifully and painstakingly details the journey that led him to his purpose, starting with his childhood battles and ending with the founding of How to Battle. This conversation is not to be missed.
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