No Compromise: Practical Concepts That Has Proven to Counteract Recidivism

By Thomas Murphy

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669814511

Thomas Murphy

Thomas Murphy a native New Yorker residing in Forest hills Queens with his wife Leilani and daughter Karla, Construction Executive U.S. Navy VFW veteran. Thomas" mother was born in County Mayo, Ireland and Father was a Bronx native.

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I walked 16 years down and the principles in No Compromise are exactly what I used to maintain my freedom as well as obtain my goals.

-Maurice Rodgers, HVAC Journeyman and Owner of A B R CONSTRUCTION LLC

Thomas Murphy’s book, No Compromise, gives us an insight on breaking cycles, gives us permission to be honest, and promotes self-empowerment. It speaks volumes towards the black community that has been silent when it comes to mental health, especially for our returning citizens.

-Cynthia Murphy, O.N.S.E Community Outreach Specialist

No Compromise is an inspirational masterpiece. Mr. Murphy has dedicated his life to the commitment for change. His transparent approach allows others to see how he was able to survive one of the roughest neighborhoods of Washington, DC. His experiences, strengths, and hopes are a testament of faith and perseverance.

-Marco Price Bey, Co-author of FROM PAWNS TO KINGS! and Master Barber Instructor

NO COMPROMISE

Practical Concepts that has Proven

to Counteract Recidivism

Thomas Murphy

Copyright © 2022 by Thomas Murphy.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 03/25/2022

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DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to my lovely grandchildren, Khalia and Keon Jr.

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Special Thanks To:

Lesson 1

Touch Down

Lesson 2

Got that Gig

Lesson 3

Put the towel up

Lesson 4

To be or not to be

Lesson 5

Thicker than blood

Lesson 6

Friendships or Friendshyt

Lesson 7

Don’t pull the trigger

Lesson 8

Authority and it’s figures

Lesson 9

Keep the Baby

Lesson 10

No Compromise

INTRODUCTION

When I look back over my life as traumatizing as it was, the lessons drawn out of the drama are priceless. I feel very fortunate to have survived. So many didn’t. Growing up in an environment where drugs, violence, and lack are just a part of everyday life eventually takes its toll. Such abnormalities influence the mindset and are processed in such a way that one’s identity is formed by it.

You can’t beat the ghetto so you join it and titles such as thug, gangsta, hustler, etc. are derivatives. Then, of course, those titles are lived out. This is how we arrive at conformity and desensitization. This was certainly my situation as I grew up in the inner city. There are so many others, all around the world, in this situation now. I should not have had to experience an environment where ducking bullets had become a norm. No one should.

It’s no wonder that our kind fills up the grave yards and prisons. This is an era where therapy is being noticed on another level. People are realizing how important mental health is. We are not only talking about those classified with phschotrocist mental illnesses, we are also talking about average people who just can’t seem to get out of their own way. In most cases such hindering behavior can be traced to a past abnormal experience or an event that’s no longer relevant.

According to The United States Statistics over 75% of prisoners are rearrested within five years. Apparently there are a significant number of people who continue to get in their own way. Could it be that they are traumatized? After war we understand that the soldiers could very well suffer PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). All due respect to our soldiers, but I think we have to consider that our youth experience violence in a very unique way of their own without the training and preparation as our war heroes.

No Compromise is a guide towards a therapist that will always be with you, one that has always been with you, one that has the kind of experience you’re going to need to set