The title itself, by the way, hit me strong during this book-planning stage. I mean, these people have little HOPE on the outside, I thought, when they get there because they don't have the kind of mental, emotional, intellectual and skillset training or support they really need to succeed. So, I love that title, Hope On The Outside . It is what everyone coming out of these facilities needs. HOPE, among other things, for sure.

Being a trainer, author, researcher, life philosopher, motivational speaker, and someone who's extremely proficient with several different software programs and someone who's maintained a living outside of a job for more than 30 years (haven't had a W2 since 92) it made sense for me to put together a book like this to give "hope" to those men and women who, in my opinion, weren't getting it.

Essentially, I put together a collection of positive and life-affirming attitudes, philosophies, mental approaches and more to some of the most pressing issues facing these men and women while they wait to be released. I tried to cover topics and areas that no other rehabilitation program or book would or could even think to cover or perhaps they didn't covered very well. I do believe that my book gives men and women on the way out, and their families as well, true HOPE ON THE OUTSIDE.