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Craig Stanland

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In 2012, Craig Stanland made a choice that cost him everything: his career, his marriage, his homes, his cars, and even his will to live.

His actions led to a two-year federal prison sentence and the unraveling of the life he'd built.

But hitting rock bottom wasn't the end. It was the beginning.

Craig is now a keynote speaker, reinvention architect, TEDx speaker, and author of Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life After Prison, a memoir recognized by James Altucher as one of the most impactful hybrid books ever written, placing it alongside some of the world’s most influential best-sellers and book recommendations.

He helps individuals and organizations unlock potential by sharing his raw, powerful journey from corporate success to federal pr
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What Are You Asking Success to Fix That It Never Can?

What are you really chasing?


The corner office, the German sports sedan, the Swiss watch, the latest release of the newest gadget, the club membership.


Really, deep down, what are all the externals you’re chasing?


Are they indicators of success?


Are they what proves you’ve made it?


Are they what you believe someone like you is supposed to do?


Here’s what I know about myself.


I would have said a resoundin

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A book for my younger self. In Wired on Wall Street, Tom Hardin pulls back the curtain on how insider trading doesn’t begin with greed; it begins with insecurity, pressure, and the very human, quiet need to belong.

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“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower”
Craig Stanland, Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison

“When a Formula One car is pushed beyond its limits, it shuts down. A safety feature to protect the engine. My mind reached its limit; it’s shut down.”
Craig Stanland, Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison

“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King Jr.”
Craig Stanland, Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
Edgar Allan Poe

“If the past could be changed,
it would not exist.
If the future could be stopped,
it would not survive.
If the present could be avoided,
it would not prevail.

Time is everyone’s acquaintance,
life is everyone’s friend,
death is everyone’s enemy,
and existence is everyone’s soulmate.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
C.S. Lewis

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