About GOGI
What is GOGI?
What Does GOGI Do?
Getting Out by Going In (GOGI) is an educational nonprofit that focuses on teaching people how to change their lives by changing the way they think and make decisions. Most of their work is done inside prisons, jails, rehabilitation centers, and community programs, but their tools are useful for anyone who wants personal growth and self-leadership.
What does the name mean?
GOGI stands for Getting Out by Going In, a phrase that reflects the heart of our mission. It means that real freedom — whether from incarceration, negative thinking, or destructive cycles — doesn’t come from external changes alone. True transformation begins within. “Getting Out” of prison by “Going In” for the solution.
The GOGI Approach
GOGI's Mission
Empowering Change From the Inside Out
Getting Out by Going In empowers the individual with GOGI Life Tools for making positive decisions and creating a life of purpose and meaning through sustained behavioral and perspective changes.
GOGI's Vision
A Common Language for Peace and Harmony
All humans can unite in a desire for peace and harmony, and the GOGI Life Tools provide a common “language” for all humanity to use in reaching this reality.
GOGI's Values
Choosing a Better Way Forward
Positive culture begins with a vision for peace and harmony. No matter our past, we can choose a better perspective, take responsibility, and find empowerment through consistent positive choices. Every person has value, potential for good, and is worth investing in. By serving others, we discover true freedom within.
GOGI Life Tools
There are twelve GOGI Life Tools. Each Tool has a practical application to let the user make the most positive decisions possible.
The GOGI Life Tools were developed, designed, explored, practiced, and then perfected over a period of ten years by tens of thousands of individuals in prisons/jails. The GOGI Life Tools represent the collaboration representing most human lifestyles, and widely diverse life experiences.
The GOGI Life Tools were developed consistent with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Positive Psychology modalities.
The GOGI TOOLS OF THE BODY empower you to take control of how you act and react to life’s inevitable challenges and opportunities using: BOSS OF MY BRAIN, BELLY BREATHING, FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH.
- BOSS OF MY BRAIN
- BELLY BREATHING
- FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITH
The GOGI TOOLS OF CHOICE put you in control of your thoughts, your words, and your actions with a simple filter you can use to create opportunities and avoid obstacles: POSITIVE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE WORDS, POSITIVE ACTIONS.
- POSITIVE THOUGHTS
- POSITIVE WORDS
- POSITIVE ACTIONS
The GOGI TOOLS OF MOVING FORWARD let you move beyond your past as you turn your challenges into your opportunities: CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY, LET GO, FOR-GIVE.
- CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY
- LET GO
- FOR-GIVE
The GOGI TOOLS OF CREATION permit you to design your life in a way that brings you lasting joy, contentment, meaning, and purpose: WHAT IF, REALITY CHECK, ULTIMATE FREEDOM.
- WHAT IF
- REALITY CHECK
- ULTIMATE FREEDOM
GOGI Team of Volunteers
Getting Out by Going In (GOGI) is a non-profit that models the value of volunteerism. As such, there are no paid staff members at GOGI. Those who are paid, receive a small stipend for their contribution to advancing the global use of the GOGI Life Tools. Coach Taylor, a volunteer for GOGI since its inception, explains. “How can I encourage the student of the GOGI Life Tools to live a life of service if I am taking a paycheck? It didn’t make sense to me, and it did not seem honest in the way that GOGI has always been honest. This choice, to remain 100 percent volunteer staffed, was not an easy one. It certainly hampered our growth in many ways, but no one will ever be able to challenge the sincerity of the GOGI mission and vision.”
