Ronald L. Krannich - The Ex-Offenders Re-Entry Success Guide: Smart Choices for Making It on the Outside

The Ex-Offenders Re-Entry Success Guide

Selected Books by Author

99 Days to Re-Entry Success Journal
201 Dynamite Job Search Letters
Americas Top 100 Jobs for People Without a Four-Year Degree
Americas Top Internet Job Sites
Americas Top Jobs for People Re-Entering the Workforce
The Anger Management Pocket Guide
Best Jobs for Ex-Offenders
Best Jobs for the 21st Century
Best Resumes and Letters for Ex-Offenders
Blue-Collar Resume and Job Hunting Guide
Change Your Job, Change Your Life
The Complete Guide to International Jobs and Careers
The Complete Guide to Public Employment
Discover the Best Jobs for You
Dynamite Cover Letters
Dynamite Resumes
The Educators Guide to Alternative Jobs and Careers
The Ex-Offenders 30/30 Job Solution
The Ex-Offenders Job Interview Guide
The Ex-Offenders New Job Finding & Survival Guide
The Ex-Offenders Quick Job Hunting Guide
The Ex-Offenders Re-Entry Assistance Directory
Get a Raise in 7 Days
Give Me More Money!
High Impact Resumes and Letters
I Cant Believe They Asked Me That!
I Want to Do Something Else, But Im Not Sure What It Is
Interview for Success
Job Hunting Tips for People With Hot and Not-So-Hot Backgrounds
Job Interview Tips for People With Not-So-Hot Backgrounds
Jobs for Travel Lovers
Military-to-Civilian Resumes and Letters
The Military-to-Civilian Transition Pocket Guide
Military-to-Civilian Success for Veterans and Their Families
Nail the Cover Letter!
Nail the Resume!
No One Will Hire Me!
Overcoming Employment Barriers
Quick Job Finding Pocket Guide
The Re-Entry Employment and Life Skills Pocket Guide
The Re-Entry Personal Finance Pocket Guide
The Re-Entry Start-Up Pocket Guide
Savvy Interviewing
Savvy Networker
Savvy Resume Writer
You Should Hire Me!

Copyright 2016, 2009 by Ronald L. Krannich. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher: IMPACT PUBLICA TIONS, 9104 Manassas Drive, Suite N, Manassas Park, VA 20111, Tel. 703-361-7300 or Fax 703-335-9486.

Warning/Liability/Warranty: The author and publisher have made every attempt to provide the reader with accurate, timely, and useful information. How ever, given the rapid changes taking place in todays economy and job market, some of this information will inevitably change. The information presented here is for reference purposes only. The author and publisher make no claims that using this information will guarantee the reader successful re-entry. The author and publisher shall not be liable for any losses or damages incurred in the process of following the advice in this book.

ISBNs: 978-1-57023-385-2 (paperback); 978-1-57023-386-9 (eBook)

Library of Congress: 2015019332

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The Author: Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D., is one of todays leading career and travel writers who has authored more than 100 books, including several self-help guides for ex-offenders: The Ex-Offenders New Job Finding and Survival Guide, The Ex-Offenders Re-Entry Assistance Directory, Best Resumes and Letters for Ex-Offenders, The Ex-Offenders Job Interview Guide, Best Jobs for Ex-Offenders, The Ex-Offenders Re-Entry Success Guide, The Ex-Offenders Quick Job Hunting Guide, The Ex-Offenders 30/30 Job Solution, 99 Days to Re-Entry Success Journal, The Re-Entry Employment and Life Skills Pocket Guide, The Re-Entry Start-Up Pocket Guide, The Anger Management Pocket Guide, The Re-Entry Personal Finance Pocket Guide , and Re-Imagining Life on the Outside Pocket Guide . A former Peace Corps Volunteer, Fulbright Scholar, and university professor, Ron specializes in producing and distributing books, DVDs, training programs, and related materials on employment, career transition, addiction, anger management, criminal justice, life skills, and travel. He can be contacted at ron@impactpublications.com .

What appears to be the end may really be a new beginning. The future belongs to those who create it one smart step at a time.

S O, YOUVE MADE MISTAKES, experienced bad luck, and done time in a stinking cage where, at best, you learned the value of freedom. If youre like many others who preceded you, incarceration has been a chilling and costly experience for both you and your family. You probably experienced some combination of fear, distrust, fragile hope, boredom, grief, and depression. Flushed and forgotten like human trash, this lock-down experience is something you want to forget as a low point in your life. Nothing good comes from it other than learning some important lessons, such as never ever again end up in another cage. Its time to look up and savor the full sunshine of freedom and finally live the life you were meant to live!

Above all else, you need to create a new mindset that will help you transform your life . Start with contemplating some of the wise yet simple advice dispensed by noted writer H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (). Thats what this book is all about changing your mindset for charting a new course that involves picking up the pieces and leaving this experience behind you. Yes, youre out for good! When you finally put on your street clothes and walk into the sunshine with your measly gate money, dont look back. Your future lies ahead. It requires making important decisions about who you really want to become the new you .

Youve made choices that got you where you are today. And youve been held responsible for those choices. So, think about your most recent decisions and plans for getting your life back on track. What does your future look like in the weeks and months ahead? What do you plan to do with the rest of your life? No promises, no bull, no jiving, no games, no lies, no conning others or yourself just good solid choices that are likely to produce results for re-entry success. Call this making smart choices .

If youre coming up empty or uncertain about what choices work best for ex-offenders, read on and complete the many exercises in the pages that follow. This workbook is all about making wise decisions and taking responsibility for your future. Its about changing the behavior that was the source of your so-called misfortunes with the criminal justice system. Its a book for self-directed people of light rather than people of heat (see below) who want to stay out for good. No one can do this better than you !