Part One
“Matt, you ARE a loser.”
He had heard those words thrown at him since he was thirteen or maybe younger, and he grew to believe it. He was constantly in trouble with his parents, the police and at school. He resisted any kind of parental or teacher discipline. It wasn’t that he was a bad kid. It was more like he did impulsive things and never considered the consequences. In case you are thinking that Matt was a victim of his environment, you’re wrong. He grew up in an u