Creed White-Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
I picked up “Never Split the Difference” for its reputation in negotiation. Reading it while preparing for prison revealed something more profound. Negotiation is about effective communication, active listening, and establishing trust. One quote stays with me: “He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of negotiation.” That […]
Creed White-The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Everyone seems to read this book in prison, and now that I have, I see why. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is not fluff. It offers a clear blueprint for living with intention when your world feels like it is caving in. Covey starts with being proactive, not simply reacting, but owning your […]
Kirby Perrault-Breathe: A life in flow
Breathe is a book that I found in the Schuylkill Camp library. It caught my attention because I had just been in conversation with a Pastor/Inmate at our camp who does our bible studies Thursday and Sunday evenings at 7p. In the course of our conversation the pastor had mentioned about some things he had […]
The Rhino-Advanced Manifesting
What drew my attention to read this book was the title and the summary on back about the author. I have always been interested in understanding what it means to manifest something. In addition, the word ‘Tibetan’ in the subtitle caught my eye as well. The Tibetan Monks are some of the most discipline and […]
Creed White-Good to Great by Jim Collins
Reading Good to Great during this time, while I’m staring down a prison sentence, gave me a much-needed shift in perspective. I picked it up expecting another business strategy book, but it turned out to be more like a personal challenge. Jim Collins breaks down what separates companies that are “great” from those that just […]
Scott Roethle-The Dragon Slayer with a Heavy Heart
June 2025 The Dragon Slayer with a Heavy Heart — Marcia Powers The first time I read this book, I was in ruins. I’d just been indicted, lost my job, and my marriage had collapsed. My whole life — the identity I had worked so hard to build — had crumbled. I was working with […]
Scott Roethle-The Princess Who Believed in Fairy Tales
June 2025 The Princess Who Believed in Fairy Tales — Marcia Grad The first time I picked up this book, I was in pieces. I had been indicted. I’d lost my job. My marriage had ended. The fairy tale of my life — the version I had built with hard work, ambition, and “doing the […]
Scott Roethle-The Knight in Rusty Armor
June 2025 The Knight in Rusty Armor — Robert Fisher The first time I read The Knight in Rusty Armor, I was just starting to work with a life coach. I didn’t fully know what I was getting into — I just knew I was stuck. I felt weighed down by things I couldn’t name, […]
Scott Roethle-Rome Sweet Home
June 2025 Rome Sweet Home — Scott & Kimberly Hahn I just finished Rome Sweet Home, given to me by my mom and concurrently recommended to me by one of my retreat brothers. I didn’t read this one during jail time — this came after, in the quiet rebuilding phase of my life. So much […]
Linwood Hosea Gordon-Escape The Coming Night
OH BOY! I love Dr. Jeremiah, he has a very good study guide that covers the book of Revelations, not in a way that would confuse you, nope, actually he is the first speaker that I have heard in a long time that actually broke down the book of Revelation from beginning to end and […]
