How many 25 year old women here the voice of God tell them they should take on the prison system?

Not many, I’d guess. 

Catherine Rohr, overall else, seems to be a person who takes joy in being called to do work in the hardest places. 

The Vision: She looks for proven entrepreneurs in the prison system. (Insert chuckle). The key is to find people who really are sick and tired of their old ways. First, she breaks down the tough guy barriers. Then puts them through business boot camp. 

Then they graduate, get housing, job placement, medical insurance, and then they help them start the business ideas that burgeoned in prison. She achieves a single digit return to prison rate. 

Unbelievable. 

“These guys have been takers all their lives. Now, 70% of them give back to the program with financial donations.”

-Catherine Rohr

This creates the multi-generational community impact we’re all looking for. These guys get out, turn around their life and turn around their families too…

The message for the inmates

• We can be broken and still be loved.

Handling Criticism as a leader:

• Don’t let emotions over the criticism get in the way of the business.
• Ask if this is legit feedback. If it is, engage it. If it isn’t, ignore it.

Keeping from Burning Out:

• scheduled down time
• have no privacy, sacrifice privacy and gain acountability
• If there is time when someone doesn’t know where you are during the day, that’s a problem