Milton C. Jordan,Sr.
Living in Durham, NC
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I did crime and prison time in North Carolina from six to 26. For almost 40-years--Dec. 9, 1968-2008--I have mastered personal transformation. Now I try to help others achieve a similar transformation, if they become teachable and coachable.
I did crime and prison time in North Carolina from six to 26. For almost 40-years--Dec. 9, 1968-2008--I have mastered personal transformation. Now I try to help others achieve a similar transformation, if they become teachable and coachable.
Education/Experience:
High school dropout and self-educated, with a GED (God's Educational Development)
High school dropout and self-educated, with a GED (God's Educational Development)
Interests:
Research, Homebased business, Success and Wealth development, Applying spiritual principles to real world challenges, helping criminals to change!
Research, Homebased business, Success and Wealth development, Applying spiritual principles to real world challenges, helping criminals to change!
Motto:
God guarantees success! In Him, I refuse to fail!
God guarantees success! In Him, I refuse to fail!
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Fired by a desire to become a fulltime free-lance writer, I quit my job at the Charlotte Observer and plunged fully in trying to operate a business that quickly became home based, long before the trend became popular.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/27/2009 | Read more »
This couple's baby was born Saturday, June 20 in a local hospital in Durham, NC. By this baby's first birthday, the price tag for this child, including estimated prenatal care, birth and support, will top $100,000.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/24/2009 | Read more »
Just as disciples of Jesus Christ,during his time one earth, did not accept Him functioning in a different role, many disciples today often do not access bountiful blessings because God presents them in different packages.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 5/5/2009 | Read more »
According to Fortune Magazine: "Forget the paycheck; your W-2 days are over. It'a 1099 world now."
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 5/2/2009 | Read more »
For 40 years I positioned myself to learn about success, both from study and experience. In the process, I learned that success requires personal paradigm shifting, coupled with principles alignment.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 4/4/2009 | Read more »
Is it possible to spend 20 years doing crime and time, and become a successful community contributor? Yes! I'm not talking theory! I did it! This article explains how!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 4/4/2009 | Read more »
Henry L. Jones was serving a prison sentence in Northern Louisiana in 1998 when I wrote a column series of Inside Journal, published by Prison Fellowship Ministries. The column became a catalyst for his transformation!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 2/12/2009 | Read more »
Fortunately, crime is not hereditary! Even more fortunately, environments do not cause crime! Crime is a way of thinking. Here's the good news: You can learn to transform your thinking!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 12/10/2008 | Read more »
Without vision, people cast off restraint. Criminals, therefore, have no vision. To change, you must learn to focus on the mission, not the moment
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 12/8/2008 | Read more »
"Be like a rubber ball," my grandmother advised me when I was a young man. I was an adult before I understood what she meant!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 11/29/2008 | Read more »
Impatient greed motivates crime. Patient generosity motivates law-abiding behavior. It's your choice!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 11/25/2008 | Read more »
Between 1959 and 1966, I was in and out of prison four times. My final release came on Dec. 9, 1968, 40 years ago. What happened?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 11/21/2008 | Read more »
I bought cologne for years without knowing that I was not buying the real deal! In fact, I didn't know what a real fragrance was. I knew even less about perfumes for women until I went shopping for gifts recently!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/29/2008 | Read more »
In Maya Bryant's vision, vistas of success loom clearly on both near and distant horizons.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/20/2008 | Read more »
To make the arduous trek from crime to contribution, criminals must undertake and undergo a complete transformation, from the inside out!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/12/2008 | Read more »
Two seemingly disparate criminal cases demonstrate that crime has little to do with age, circumstances, education, even intelligence or other unrelated factors.Crime is a way of thinking that justifies harming others for self-gain.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/7/2008 | Read more »
This is one of Scriptures most startling facts! No one can join the Church Jesus is building. The membership of his church was predetermined in eternity!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/25/2008 | Read more »
What is change, and how can criminals include the change principles in their lives so they can make the arduous trek from crime to contribution.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/23/2008 | Read more »
In the Bible, Jesus, the Christ claimed that He will build a group of "called ones"--His church that would become holy and blameless. Did he keep his word? Is Jesus building his church today?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/20/2008 | Read more »
A dozen college bound high school graduates received unexpected blessing from a member of the St. Joseph's congregation during Children's Day services at St. Joseph's AME Church in Durham, Nc
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/9/2008 | Read more »
Why do so many people become and remain trapped in problems? They do not understand how to hear, see and implement I.D.E.A.S.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/9/2008 | Read more »
Yes, you love your relatives who commit crime. Each of you must also learn to become a change catalyst, clearly understanding that while you can help the spark of change become the inferno of transformation, you cannot create the spark!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/9/2008 | Read more »
Techniques work for some people, but not for everyone. Principles, on the other hand, work for everyone, all the time. You simply have to align and walk in harmony with the principles.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 6/8/2008 | Read more »
We old folks must become computer literate because we will live longer, and technology will play an ever-increasing role in our lives!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 4/28/2008 | Read more »
A Durham anti-poverty agency that has been supposedly helping poor people out of poverty for more than 40 years still does not seem to know how to do it effectively.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 4/23/2008 | Read more »
What factors play the biggest role in the future of a people? Do people sometimes confront responsibility-based opportunities they often fail to recognize? What about African Americans? Are we on the verge of an opportunity to achieve greatness?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 4/19/2008 | Read more »
Through His prophet Daniel, God declared: " . . . the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men."
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/30/2008 | Read more »
A gunman fires! An 18-year-old son dies! Now, facing life in prison, the gunman cries and claims "I realize just moments after I fired that I didn't want to do this. By then it was too late.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/29/2008 | Read more »
In Atlantic Beach, SC, the town manager and the mayor were recently arrested and charged with a variety of crimes. A person sent me an email about this incident and asked: Why is this happening; I feel so embarrassed. Here is my response
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/29/2008 | Read more »
What should successful reentry advocates focus on--changing systems or helping criminals ready to change to become change conquerors?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/29/2008 | Read more »
Barack Obama was two-years-old when Martin Luther King presented the people of the United States with the graphic outline of a dream that calls the nation to live up to its creed. His presidential campaign becomes a litmus test of the nation's growth
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/28/2008 | Read more »
No writer who desires to communicate professionally should do it for free! For much longer than I can remember, segments of the communications industry has foisted this "con" on young writers. We're in a new day! You don't have to fall for it!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/18/2008 | Read more »
Taking $100 and $50 bills out of criculation will not cause one criminal to turn from crime. It's naive to believe the ease of transactions contribute to why criminals and terrorists behave as they do.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/10/2008 | Read more »
After 65 years of rejection, why am I able this time to move on without rancor or hurt feelings? I ponder this question as I sit here considering the latest rejection, and marveling at how easily I'm handling it. The answer: I have learned the seven steps to greatness.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 3/9/2008 | Read more »
Change advocates, those who struggle to help criminals successfully negotiate the Change Continuum, need "big" money to sustain reentry strategies. This article engages that challenging discussion
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 2/29/2008 | Read more »
You will not recognize their names, but their counterparts live in countless communities across this nation. They serve unselfishlessly, and often thanklessly, but one community just said "thanks" to their living legends.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 2/26/2008 | Read more »
A small cast of nine students captures the micro-essence of the civil rights movement in the play--Martin Said So--a play set during the decade of the 1960s, including the tragic Apr. 4, 1968 asassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 2/13/2008 | Read more »
In 1869, people then called Negroes began migrating to this rapidly growing community. A equally rapidly growing population of people called "whites" coined the phase: "Put them across the tracks and in 50 years, they will be dead."
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 2/12/2008 | Read more »
Laws of life dictate that I am who I believe I am! Sometimes others want me to be what they want me to be! For criminals, yielding to the term ex-offender becomes an "life sentence."
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 1/14/2008 | Read more »
What is a Strategic Internet Marketing System? How do you put one together? Is it difficult? What about affordable? Read here for these and other answers.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 12/3/2007 | Read more »
Many of you have said: "I need a website!" Why? Do you understand the powerful role of a website as an income generator? If not, you might have a "nice" website that costs you more than it's worth. Read how to have more than a website
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 12/3/2007 | Read more »
Each of us live within the boundary of our self-image. We will eventually become what we see ourselves being. Therefore, to have a new life, I must adopt a new vision and mission.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/26/2007 | Read more »
Yes, you can conquer the bulge. You can make some of you disappear. Success requires commitment, cooperation, communication and contribution
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/26/2007 | Read more »
You have heard it, but do you believe it? If you continue doing what you're doing, you will get the same results. So when your results don't work, it's time to try something new. This is particularly true in our personal finances.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/22/2007 | Read more »
"You don't know me," the telephone caller said, "and if you did, you would probably label me correctly as a racist. Nevertheless, your story seems to check out. How did you do it? Can others do it? Are you just different?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/18/2007 | Read more »
Let's declare victory over racism. This is not to say that it has been destroyed, but rather that we have proved for almost 400 years that this dubious concept cannot defeat us!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/15/2007 | Read more »
Discussing problems produce no progress toward solutions. Frankly, discussing solutions also produce no progress. We must work as a team to take action!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/8/2007 | Read more »
Law-abiding citizens pay all crime reaction costs, but we have not required even minimal return on investment standards so that we get a bigger bang for the buck
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/2/2007 | Read more »
Why do academicians continue "discovering racism," as if they actually expected it to go way? Then when they discover that it remains viable, they discuss the problem, but offer no potential solutions.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 10/2/2007 | Read more »
"There are thousands of lost and missing persons incidents every year in the US. These include lost and abducted children, missing outdoor enthusiasts, depondents, Alzheimer patients . . ." (The NC Search and Rescue Dog Association)
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 9/8/2007 | Read more »
"Wanted: writers to teach writing courses to adults who want to become professional writers. Apply to The Continuing Education Department, Duke University. If you had a GED, as well as a long crime and prison record, would you respond?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Unlike many civil rights organizations that began as grassroots movements, the NAACP had its genesis in the minds and hearts of a group of American leaders who believed that to be quiet in the face of evil is to agree with the atrocities.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 9/5/2007 | Read more »
The tragedy of Jena is that we're trying to use 20th methods to slay a 21st century monster!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 9/5/2007 | Read more »
Prisoners mean big bucks for thousands of companies that thrive because criminals continue doing crime. In a series of articles, I propose a new paradigm to help us downsize the PIC.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 8/29/2007 | Read more »
In a series of articles, I will share with you how I landed my first job just two weeks after being released from prison, and how I got my first assignment as a daily newspaper reporter in less than two years and became a college professor without a degree.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 8/21/2007 | Read more »
I believe that rank skepticism rules the minds of most people living today in a world jammed full of scams and scandals. Therefore, most people reject amazing opportunities when the price is too right because they've adapted to the rat race and fear freedom!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 8/21/2007 | Read more »
We seldom see what is, but rather what we are; therefore, mindsets determine behavior. Consequently, changed behavior begins with learning to master mindset shifting. The obvious rings true: before you can teach others to master mindset shifting, you must master it yourself.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 8/3/2007 | Read more »
The numbers tell an important story. We pay billions to apprehend, convict and incarcerate criminals. We can teach and train some of them to become effective citizens for literally pennies a day! Why don't we?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/30/2007 | Read more »
Picture this! An African American at a nightclub, clinically obese and smoking a cigarette with a frosty mug of beer in the other hand. That's assisted suicide. We are destroying ourselves!Will we stop the carnage?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/26/2007 | Read more »
Since Dec. 9, 1968, I have learned how to stay out of crime and prison, as well as how to move along the change continuum until I have become a contributing member of society. I can help teach you and your incarcerated loved one how to make the same journey.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/25/2007 | Read more »
76 million people who were born between 1946 and 1964--the Baby Boomers--will hit retirement age between 2011 and 2029. That's the same year-2029- that researchers predict that the social security system will go broke!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/24/2007 | Read more »
Does God exist? Is He trustworthy? Can we have confidence in His Word? How do we apply spiritual principles to the often confusing, even complex challenges we confront today?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/24/2007 | Read more »
Crime costs, violence,coupled with technology will take our nation where we never thought we would go!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/23/2007 | Read more »
Systems cannot spark change! They simply respond or react to whatever we do! For example, no matter how well engineered and manufactured my car is, it cannot improve my driving. It is what I make it--a useful vehicle, or a dangerous weapon.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/13/2007 | Read more »
For some a prison sentence appears to be punishment, a loss of freedom and life in horrible conditions. But viewed deeply and differently and used differently, years in prison could be one of the best learning experiences of your life!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/10/2007 | Read more »
A Texas State Legislator that spearheaded making Juneteenth a paid holiday in his state wants to see the movement expand nationally with other states honoring the nation's oldest celebration of slavery's end.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/10/2007 | Read more »
40 powerful principles produce success for anyone who learns and applies these laws consistently.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/10/2007 | Read more »
Crime is stupid, and the more you do it, the more stupid you become. It is possible to become incurably stupid. Why not break the crime habit now?
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
Mutual Heights was Durham's first affordable housing complex in 1951, and now it is being given new life, modernized, upgraded, and still a vital part of the city's history.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Many of Durham's buildings, including the Performance Center at the Hayti Heritage Foundation, trace their beginnings to bricks manufactured by Richard Fitzgerald, one of the Durham's unsung heroes.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Believe it or not, you don't want a tax refund at the end of the year. A tax refund means you have made an interest free loan to the government for one year.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Like all natural law, the seven laws of success produce specific outcomes for those who live in alignment with them. Failure occurs only when you live contrary to these laws
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
The families and loved ones of criminals can become the most powerful catalysts for change when they organize and work together.
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
I get up when I finish sleeping; and take a 19-step "commute" to work. I work in four exciting, dynamic and profitable "fields" and get paid to help people!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Imagine this! Every month 50,000 criminals leave the nation's prisons and return to our communities. Do they change, become contributing members of the community? Do they continue in crime? We need to know because we can't afford to have them not change!
By Milton C. Jordan,Sr. | Published 7/3/2007 | Read more »
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