WCA Newsletter. Ten minutes a week.
Every Sunday I write a long newsletter for people going through a crisis. If you’re in the middle of it, you’re not alone.

The Janitor Who Tried
Last week, my daughter Alyssa asked me to watch America’s Got Talent with her. I told her: “Alyssa, I’d rather go back to prison

Lessons From a Prison Quiet Room at 5 A.M.
It was 2008. I was in a federal prison quiet room with Michael Santos. He’d been there since 1:30 a.m. I’d join

You Might Still Be in the Cave (I Was Too)
White Collar Advice | Thursday Newsletter | April 17, 2025 For a long time, I told myself I had it handled. That

The Underdog’s Edge: Lessons from a Children’s Book
White Collar Advice | Sunday Newsletter | April 6, 2025 Welcome to this Sunday’s newsletter I call, The Underdog’s Edge. Earlier this

Pressure. Rationalization. Opportunity.
I received a call last week from someone recently convicted at trial. He was filled with regret—not just because of the outcome,

How I Turned a Federal Prison Term into a Platform—One Page at a Time
“When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to loseYou’re invisible now, you’ve got no secrets to conceal.”– Bob Dylan My mom