The GOGI Life Tools were created by men and women in prisons and jails. While their efforts with traditional rehabilitation was sincere, nothing seemed to last. The great ideas offered by programs would get them enthused about freedom, but, alas, the application of the learning fell short. Programs tend to do that. They end. Programs end, leaving the individual with a diploma but with a lack of integration into the reality of life.
The GOGI Life Tools were created BY and FOR prisoners, individuals who knew there must be a better way to make lasting changes. Over the period of nearly a decade, more than 10,000 prisoners contributed to what are now affectionately called the GOGI Life Tools. These simplified decision-making aids are not a program, although you can learn the tools in a program format. The GOGI Life Tools are handy decision-making tools, and at the onset of learning them, the GOGI student is required to find and practice applications.
Through the repetitive nature of practicing the GOGI Life Tools, they become habit. Sure, certificates are earned by organizations wishing to measure engagement in GOGI Life Tool learning, but GOGI is not a program. GOGI and the GOGI Life Tools are a way to create freedom, irrespective of the prison in which one may find oneself.
Let’s explore Tools of the Body, which is the first of four sets of GOGI Life Tools. BOSS OF MY BRAIN empowers the individual to take control at a moments notice and be the boss of actions and reactions. BELLY BREATHING helps the GOGI student to get oxygen throughout the body, fueling the feet and the brain with the necessary oxygen needed for relaxed decision making. And FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH empowers the GOGI student with the lightning fast deterrent from impulsiveness. Flipping the FIVE SECOND LIGHTSWITCH gets the GOGI student headed in a positive direction.
Freedom can be found…. anywhere. And even free people are in their own form of prison. Can freedom be found while in prison? Absolutely. Freedom from addiction. Freedom from gangs. Freedom from the relentless barrage of temptation and challenges. And, once internal freedom is secured, practice of the GOGI Life Tools secures an enviable life, regardless of location.
For anyone seeking freedom, the GOGI Life Tools are not a program. They are not a club. They are not a group nor are they a religion. The GOGI Life Tools are as simple as the tools used to fix a flat tire or a faulty plumbing fixture. We all need tools to fix things, and the GOGI Life Tools are human life tools, offered to anyone, any time, any place, and in any situation or circumstance. Have at it. Enjoy. The GOGI Life Tools may hold the key to YOUR freedom.