Blog Tour and Giveaway: Lifeline to a Soul by John K McLaughlin

 

Book Details:

Book Title:  Lifeline to a Soul / The Life-Changing Perspective I Gained While Teaching Entrepreneurship to Prisoners by John K. McLaughlin
Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 234 pages
Genre:  Memoir
Publisher:  Lifeline Education Connection
Release date:   April 2023
Content Rating: PG: A handful of expletives.

Book Description:

2023 PenCraft Seasonal Book Award Spring Competition.
Winner in the Non-Fiction - Autobiography genre
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Lifeline to a Soul takes the reader inside the fence and chronicles the victories and challenges one man faced as a first-time teacher in the strange world of prison life.

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Meet the Author:

John McLaughlin spent half his life bootstrapping his start-up business to an industry leader. His desire to teach what he spent his career learning led him on a remarkable journey through the gates of a minimum-security prison where he taught entrepreneurship for almost three years. John has an MBA, a teaching certificate, and a marketing management certificate from Harvard Extension University. John enjoys riding a tandem bicycle with his wonderful wife, Reba on the greenways of Charlotte, North Carolina where they live with two extremely spoiled cats, Moe and Joe. You can learn more about John’s current teaching program at: https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/

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My Review: 

When I first heard about John K McLaughlin’s Lifeline to a Soul: The Life-Changing Perspective I Gained While Teaching Entrepreneurship to Prisoners, I really wanted to get my hands on it. And once I got the opportunity to read, I jumped on it without hesitation. I was far from being disappointed. I admired his courage and bravery in wanting to help those in prison life changing skills for them. I love his approach in how he was able to teach others on how to better themselves and becoming successful. I was inspired by his words and found how I can, too, succeed better myself in different ways. I, also, liked how it shows not to be so assuming about others and what they may have been through and not be as judgmental to others. Overall, a inspiring book that gave me a good feeling to read. 

I believe that Lifeline to a Soul: The Life-Changing Perspective I Gained While Teaching Entrepreneurship to Prisoners is definitely a five star read. I would give it one hundred if I could. I highly recommend it for readers who are seeking and needing some inspiration in their own lives. I would love to read more like this from the talented author, John K McLaughlin. 

I received a paperback copy of John K McLaughlin’s Lifeline to a Soul: The Life-Changing Perspective I Gained While Teaching Entrepreneurship to Prisoners from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.

Spotlight Book Tour and Giveaway: Lifeline to a Soul by John K McLaughlin

 

Book Details:

Book Title:  Lifeline to a Soul by John K. McLaughlin
Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 234 pages
Genre:  Memoir
Publisher:  Lifeline Education Connection
Release date:   April, 2023
Content Rating: PG + M

Book Description:

Lifeline to a Soul takes the reader inside the fence and chronicles the victories and challenges one man faced as a first-time teacher in the strange world of prison life.

BUY THE BOOK:
Amazon ~ B&N 
add to goodreads

This just came in! LIFELINE TO A SOUL has been selected as a winner of the
2023 PenCraft Seasonal Book Award Spring Competition.
We hope this award inspires you to keep writing and helps you reach new heights in your career.
The PenCraft Seasonal Book Awards recognizes books of remarkable literary
quality, artistic excellence, and popularity with readers. Lifeline to a Soul exemplified
these criteria as a winner in the Non Fiction - Autobiography genre.

Meet the Author:

John McLaughlin spent half his life bootstrapping his start-up business to an industry leader. His desire to teach what he spent his career learning led him on a remarkable journey through the gates of a minimum-security prison where he taught entrepreneurship for almost three years. John has an MBA, a teaching certificate, and a marketing management certificate from Harvard Extension University. John enjoys riding a tandem bicycle with his wonderful wife, Reba on the greenways of Charlotte, North Carolina where they live with two extremely spoiled cats, Moe and Joe. You can learn more about John’s current teaching program at: https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/

connect to the author: website

Guest Post:

The Book I Never Planned to Write

I was taught early in life that if I wanted to accomplish something, the way to get it was to not quit the pursuit until I achieved whatever it was I sought. This high level of determination has usually served me well. After building a successful business, I decided I wanted to teach business courses. I was in my early fifites and had no teaching experience, and every job application I sent to a perspective employer was met with complete silence. 

I spent seven years re-educating myself and applying to every teaching position I could find in a three state radius until I finally landed the elusive first interview for an entrepreneurship instructor position at, of all places, a minimum-security prison camp.  After walking the prison yard and viewing the “classroom” where I would be teaching, I had serious reservations. I was so determined to teach though, I accepted the position and started a new chapter in my life.

It was a great decision. I was given the freedom to construct the class the way I thought it should be and met some men with great potential who just needed a little direction and confidence to change the direction of their lives. My experience taught me that prisons, by design, dehumanize their denizens. It’s the only way to run an orderly prison. This strategy does nothing, however, to prepare the inmates who are ready to leave the prison experience behind them and work towards a brighter future.

Realizing we were in opposite philosophical camps, the prison staff became a greater hindrance to my efforts the more I tried to instill confidence and hope in my students.  When it finally ended, I told my father and his wife I wouldn’t have any more colorful prison stories for them.  “You need to write a book about it” my father’s wife’s words hung in the air until I realized that was exactly what I was going to do. 

We all have a story inside us worth telling and a receptive audience waiting.

John K. McLaughlin 

Author of Lifeline to a Soul

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