Sitesh Patel

     “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”      “The Hedgehog and the Fox” was the title of a 1953 essay written by an Oxford philosopher named Isaiah Berlin. Berlin, using the furry little animals as metaphors, pointed out that humans are divided into two styles of thinking: The Hedgehogs […]

     Plato might have just been the greatest philosopher to ever grace this planet. The Republic, written 360 B.C., was well ahead of its time and is the basis for philosophy courses taught world wide. If you remember back to my book, Succeed by Failing, I dove into Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and how

     In my previous post we got into the Polish psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski who lived a harrowing life of pain and agony but yet was able to use that to develop the concept of Positive Disintegration. In this blog post I want to dive more into this concept so you, as the reader, has the

      Back in my college days, as part of my pharmacy ciriculum, I had to take certain courses in pyschology. It was always fascinating to learn about the power of our minds and how we become trained to think based on our past experiences. As part of my work in these classes I had to

     Trae knew exactly what he was doing. When him and Paul got into arguments (which was almost daily), Trae knew exactly what buttons to push that would set Paul off. He would do it on purpose. For Trae it was entertaining; fun, enjoyable to watch the reactions he could provoke. But one day Trae

“Get a routine”      It is the very first thing inmates will tell you to do when you first check into prison. Routines are common in most of our lives. A parent may drop their kids off at school, go to work, pick their kids up, prepare dinner, go to bed, and repeat all over

      “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”      Today officially marks my 90-day completion into my incarceration journey. Ninety days tend to be an import number in the business world; it marks a quarter or 3-month date. Publically traded companies generally breakdown their reporting into quarterly increments allowing them to track their

      Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.       -Mark Twain      I had a conversation recently with an inmate named Jay the other day where I explained to him that I was writing

     Every year, millions of homes line up their walk ways and entrances to their properties with bright lights and lamps resembling that of the Fourth of July. Family and friends visit one another delivering sweets, clothes and other various gifts showing appreciation for the decades of love and happiness. Temples are filled with worshipers who

     Twenty four x eighty one. That was the size of the cell I was thrown into. The guard yelled “Everything off!” as he watched me undress. “Lift up” as he instructed me to grab my junk, “Turn around, squat and cough” he said to make sure I wasn’t trying to bring in any contraband.