My birthday is coming up on March 5, 2024, and I've decided that this year, I want to donate copies of my new book, WORTHY TO BE GREAT: How to Build Self-Discipline to Achieve Your Greatness, to a DAEP school. DAEP stands for Disciplinary Alternative Education Program, which are alternative schools that provide educational and self-discipline instructional programs for students who are removed from their regular schools for disciplinary reasons.

As many of you know, when I'm not speaking at schools or conducting workshops, I substitute teach on the side. The primary school where I work as a substitute teacher is a DAEP school. This school has students with felony offenses, who are living in shelters, selling or abusing drugs, and many either come from single-parent homes or don't have any parents at all.

Last year, I decided to give the DAEP school where I substitute teach copies of my previous book so the students could read it. Most of them have read it and absolutely love it because they can relate to it. Part of the reason I wrote my new book on self-discipline is that many of the students who read my previous book at the DAEP told me it's something they struggle with.

For example, there was a 15-year-old student whom we will call James. He had been getting into a lot of legal trouble and was sent to the DAEP. He read my previous book, and one day he asked to speak to me in private. I took him into the hallway, and he said, “I really liked your book. I can see how you disciplined yourself to get out of the hood. I know I need to be more disciplined and stop allowing my past to determine my behavior.” I said to James, “My new book will be on self-discipline, and I will give practical steps you can take to work on your discipline.” He responded, “Really? I want to read that book when it comes out.” “I’ll make sure to bring copies here, but out of curiosity, what about your past are you allowing to determine your behavior?” He said, “I will write it out and tell you because it's hard for me to say it.”

James returned to the classroom, wrote a paragraph on his computer, and when he finished, he raised his hand and said, "Here it is, Mr. Mosley." I took his computer and went back to my desk. This is what his paragraph said: "Both of my parents are dead. So, I don't have parents like the other students, and I act up because of this. I also do it because I know it will get me attention from my friends as well as teachers. I do want to make something out of myself; I just need to work on disciplining myself."

Another student, whom we will call Carl, who was 14, read my previous book but had a hard time communicating. Therefore, he decided to write me a letter explaining his feelings about the book. I've provided an image of that letter in this email and have typed out its words in case you have a hard time reading his handwriting:

LETTER TYPED: “I actually really love your book. I like how you take a situation and make a lesson out of it. Most kids don’t think like that; a lot of kids want instant gratification vs. long-term. I made the decision a long time ago that the potential of my future is not worth wasting with a temporary feeling. And my parents bought my best friend the toy I wanted. And I did not know it all; this read, or for a book, but the way you explained the substitute telling you not to erase because you need to learn from your mistakes, and if that happened with your dad, I’m sorry.” - Carl

I eventually talked to Carl after reading his letter, and he said, "I love your book and I want to read the next one as well." There are many students in the DAEP whose stories I could share, but to do so would be a book in itself. I've donated a couple of copies of my new book to the school, but I would like to donate 20 copies or more to the DAEP so that the teachers and principals have the option to give those copies to the students who need them most. That is why I’m asking you for my birthday, if you are willing, to purchase copies of my book "WORTHY TO BE GREAT: How to Build Self-Discipline to Achieve Your Greatness" at the donation rate of $10 a book so I can donate the books to the DAEP.

Instructions: Click the link below, click the "Add to Cart" tab, click "Cart Basket" on the top right, and click the Blue "+" Sign Box to select a quantity of books to donate!

https://worthytobegreat.com/products/books/book-donation-to-teens-in-daep-program-51715371

P.S. If you would like to send a check or money order, please use the address below.

inGENEious Motivation, LLC

Eugene R. Mosley

109 S Woodrow Ln

Ste 500 PMB 1047

Denton, TX 76205