July 9:22 A.M.

Someone pulled me aside today and asked about my website.

“So what’s your website about? What do people get out of it?”

I gave the short answer.

“Credibility.”

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that’s probably the simplest way to explain what TheXavierLeePlan.com is.

The site serves three purposes.

First, it publicly documents my reentry. It tells the story of how I got here, what I’m doing today to prepare for release, and what I plan to build afterward.

Second, it gives people a way to follow my progress as it happens—not years later after I’ve already succeeded. They’ll see the wins, the setbacks, and everything in between.

Third, it gives people who believe in my mission a way to get involved through mentorship, sharing knowledge, recommending books, making introductions, or simply offering encouragement.

Ultimately, I want to be successful, but I know success only comes after creating value for other people. That’s how life works.

Too many people approach life like it’s a furnace and say, “Give me some heat, then I’ll put some wood in.”

It doesn’t work that way.

You put the wood in first.

 

That’s what I’m trying to do now. I’m putting in the hours. I’m doing the work. I’m trying to build something that helps other people. In my case, that means doing what I can to help close the wealth gap.

I can’t solve a problem that big by myself. No one builds anything meaningful alone.

Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Tesla, and OpenAI all changed the world, but none of them were built by one person. Every one of them depended on other people’s time, knowledge, and support.

 

He then asked me another question.

“Why would anyone agree to help you? Mentor you? Recommend books? Introduce you to people?”

I didn’t have a simple answer other than to say some people just want to help.

Maybe it’s because most successful people remember someone helped them.

 

Then he said something else.

“Oh… I get it. Your website is basically a sophisticated GoFundMe.”

I don’t see it that way.

I hope the site becomes evidence that I’ve moved beyond simply rehabilitating myself. I want it to show that I’m preparing to create value for other people. I want someone to be able to look back years from now and see exactly how it all started.

When someone finishes reading my story, I don’t want them thinking,

“This is someone we need to keep out of our community.”

I want them thinking,

“This is someone we want to keep in our community.”