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What Serving 7 Years in Prison Taught Damon West About Communication

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast

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The Coffee Bean Analogy

  • Damon West shares an analogy about responding to adversity: be a coffee bean.
  • A carrot softens, an egg hardens, but a coffee bean changes the water itself.
  • He realized he needed to become a coffee bean in the harsh environment of a maximum-security prison.
  • The first two months in prison were filled with violence, making it an extremely challenging experience.
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