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by Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor - The Prison Scholar Fund The Dream Equation: knowledge, skill, and application + opportunity and positive human interaction = The fulfillment of your dreams. Understanding the dream equation is essential to your successful...

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor - The Prison Scholar Fund The Dream Equation is as follows: Knowledge, skills, and application + opportunity capitalization, and positive human interaction = the fulfillment of your dreams. This equation is somewhat fluid...

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor - The Prison Scholar Fund In the fast-paced world of today, we must be prepared to adapt to change, not only in technology, but also in the way people think about, receive, and disseminate information. Those emotions are a...

by Robert Wood, Social Media Adviser – Prison Scholar Fund In the modern world, just like in ancient times knowledge is power. That power, however, is limited by the accuracy, relevance, and timeliness of the information. Quite often the information we receive from...

  By Robert Wood, Social Media Adviser - The Prison Scholar Fund This mother day many mothers all across the United States will miss the presence of children lost to gang violence and/or fatal encounters with law enforcement. I don't always know what leads up to...

by Robert Wood, Social Media Adviser - Prison Scholar Fund Only take on opportunities you are fully prepared to capitalize on or risk squandering the current opportunity, future opportunities, and your credibility. One of the reasons that proper preparation and...

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Adviser - Prison Scholar Fund A huge part of being successful in any endeavor is having a get it done attitude. Many dreams are thought up, talked about, and even small inconsistent actions are taken in pursuit of them. In most...

By: Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor, Prison Scholar Fund Issues of social justice are much more visible in our current age of instant information and enhanced communication. Our attitude towards them should be guided by the knowledge of the issues and empathy...

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor - The Prison Scholar Fund At the current time (as I write this article), I’m in the SHU (Special Housing Unit) inside the United States Penitentiary at Lompoc, California.  I have been in here for nearly three months pending...

By Robert Wood, Social Media Advisor - The Prison Scholar Fund The realm of execution is the situation where knowledge,  preparation, and strength of will are executed through definitive actions and generate results. It is very important that as people prepare for...