“you don’t look like a guy who went to federal prison.” @Mathew Bowyer #federalprison #legacy #mattbowyer

It was December 15th 2004 and I was on a lunch date at Houston's Incentry City. This really great beautiful girl. She was an analyst at Wells Fargo I had been connected to and over to the lunch. I'm like doing this false humility, like not trying to show off what I'm really showing off, like making sure she sees the Rolex casually dropping the private jet. I was insecure and I figured I could show off with possessions. And while I'm with her, my branch manager called me from UBS and said, "Get back to my office in 10 minutes." And I lied to this nice woman from Wells Fargo and said, "My branch manager and a very important client need to see me." And as I made this walk from the Houston's Incentry City to the UBS office in Century City, I knew my life was about to change forever. I knew on the 16th of June 2001 when I took my client's hedge fund money that my life would change forever. But I didn't think prison forever. I presumed at some point if this whole thing came crumbling down what you did on that day, the worst case would be civil. I would never go criminal. I would never go to federal prison. People like me, south of the boulevard from Encino, don't go to federal prison. I'd never known anyone that had gone to federal prison. So thinking that I was different entitled arrogant privilege compelled me to make decisions that thought I thought that I was different. I thought that I would get treated differently. But in the eyes of the criminal justice system, if you cross the line, we're all treated the same. If anything, dudes like me from USC in Encino, south of the boulevard are now treated worse more harshly because we had privilege to the most people in these courtrooms. Do not have which leads to a comment that someone said to me today while leaving a volleyball tournament in Irvine. I went to support my friend Matthew Boyer, whose daughter was playing. And on the way out, some dude recognized me. He's like, hey, I watch your videos. It's just so surprising. You don't look like a guy who would ever go to federal prison. Uh-huh. Doesn't matter what you look like. If you make decisions and choices without considering how it will influence your life today, tomorrow next week, next year. 100 years from now is an impact your legacy. If you make decisions without considering how your actions will hurt other people, you stand for count and federal prison and endure lasting shame and pain. And at least with me, at least with me, well-earned public pillory. Don't matter how you look, it's how you act.