EP 197: Convicted Bank Robber Noel "Razor" Smith On Detachment, Focus and Survival
A life of crime and lessons learned from a convicted, hardened criminal
This episode is a CLASSIC. Noel "Razor” Smith committed over 200 armed bank robberies and spent more than thirty years in prison. He had 58 convictions, and was given eight life sentences and 80 years to be served concurrently. He spent the majority of his adult life in prison. He was a bad man. Today he is a best-selling author. Noel shares his wisdom learned from living inside the criminal world, lessons that we can apply outside in leadership, focus and strategy. True gold!
Here's what we discuss in this week's show:
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Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
This episode is a CLASSIC. Noel "Razor” Smith committed over 200 armed bank robberies and spent more than thirty years in prison. He had 58 convictions, and was given eight life sentences and 80 years to be served concurrently. He spent the majority of his adult life in prison. He was a bad man. Today he is a best-selling author. Noel shares his wisdom learned from living inside the criminal world, lessons that we can apply outside in leadership, focus and strategy. True gold!
Here's what we discuss in this week's show:
- Noel's childhood and how that shaped who he became as a criminal
- His vendetta against the police from his younger days
- Noel thought bank robbery was a noble crime - did he almost convince himself he was Robin Hood?
- Noel said he was "a lazy, greedy bastard" who came to live for the "buzz" of professional crime
- How he built his identity as a Diamond Geezer.
- The sense of pride that came as a Diamond Geezer?
- What is leadership about in a jail?
- Noel thought he was going to die in prison. Why did he keep going?
- How the death of his son shook him out of his old identity.
- The death of a child is a turning point. What made Noel gamble being away for his child for life?
- Noel’s new journey
- Was it hard for Noel to believe that you could be an author?
- The rule of silence - what is the hardest part of being silent for so long in solitary confinement?
- To be a successful bank robber you must learn to detach from what it was you were doing.
- Being a witness of Noel's life today
- The importance of having a purpose or a mission
- What compliment would Noel most like to receive?
- After all Noel has been through, does he fear anything?
- How did he come to grips with the advances in technology when he finally emerged from jail after 30 years?
- Noel is a poet - where did that come from?
- What book influenced Noel's thinking the most?
The Mojo Radio Show - © Gary Bertwistle & Darren Robertson
Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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