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66 <br /> WIN OR LEARN — Principles <br /> 1. Some of What We Learned Can Help Us: As we endure and survive <br /> years of incarceration, we learn skills and ways of acting that can <br /> sometimes be helpful in the community. <br /> 2. Some of What We Learned Can Hold US Back: Some skills and ways <br /> of acting we learned inside are not acceptable or helpful in the <br /> community. <br /> 3. Which Learnings to Leave Behind and Which to Keep: It will take <br /> time, but we need to develop the skill to know what skills to keep and <br /> use and which to leave behind. <br /> ❑ 4. Our Traumas Can Burden Us: Many of us who have been <br /> incarcerated have experienced deeply disturbing incidents that cause us <br /> emotional or physical shocks. Past traumas can harm our thinking, <br /> emotions, or reactions to events. <br /> ❑ 5. Stubborn Pride Can Hold Us Back: Sometimes stubborn pride blocks <br /> us from admitting mistakes or learning from them. <br /> ❑ 6. Make Your Time Valuable: Make the time you did have value. Don't <br /> throw away or devalue the important things you learned inside. <br /> ❑ 7. Act Our Own Values and Beliefs: We must continually work at being <br /> our best selves — living by acting our core values and beliefs. <br /> F] 8. Shed Stigma: Others may hold our past against us and think we are <br /> defined by our worst mistakes. We are not. We can't afford to take on <br /> their stigma. We must overcome it. <br /> ❑ 9. Slow Down: We can't make up for the time we lost. We can't get that <br /> time back. The outside world will try to get us going faster than we are <br /> used to. We need to adapt from prison time to community time. <br /> ❑ 10. Change Mindsets: Incarceration can make us think "we lost." We <br /> can make it, "we learned" and "we won." <br /> Group 11. Other: <br /> Group 12. Other: <br /> Group 13. Other: <br /> Appendices— Page 9 <br />