Tracey Syphax on Growing Through Incarceration

Grow Through It: Legal Issues, Incarceration

Tracey Syphax, serial entrepreneur and author of From the Block to the Boardroom, describes a childhood filled with traumatic experiences that led to drug use, stealing cars, drug dealing, getting shot, and spending 7 years in prison. He turned his life around after reading the bible twice—cover to cover—in solitary confinement, developing a strong faith, and believing that God saved him. Syphax says that the possible is always possible. If he could go from the crackhouse to the White House, anyone can find their purpose and passion in life.

Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard on Surviving Bacterial Meningitis

Grow Through It: Health Issues & Illness

Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard, author of The Blink of an Eye, describes growing through a deadly bout of bacterial meningitis with the help of excellent doctors, her devoted family, and good luck. Her message is that every day counts, be there for each other, and do something for the greater good.