My guest on this week's Best You Podcast episode is Damon West. Damon West is a college professor, internationally known keynote speaker, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Coffee Bean: A simple Lesson to Create Positive Change, which Forbes’ listed in the “Top Twenty Books You Need to Read to Crush 2020.” 

The Coffee Bean message has inspired thousands. Damon’s clients include such companies as Walmart, AIG, Chick-fil-A, Southwest Airlines, and sports teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Timberwolves, Clemson, Alabama and Georgia. The U.S. Army has even incorporated the #BeACoffeeBean mindset into their resilience training. Damon’s story has been featured both nationally and globally. He is passionate about the Coffee Bean message and loves sharing how it changed his life and how it can change yours, too.

Check out the episode to learn more about what it means to be a Coffee Bean, What his Mom told him he was not allowed to do before he went into prison, how he motivated himself to fight in prison, the importance of showing up for yourself regardless of circumstance, and so much more.