Six Dimes and a Nickel: Life Lessons to Empower Change

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Six Dimes and a Nickel: Life Lessons to Empower Change - Hardcover

Six Dimes and a Nickel: Life Lessons to Empower Change - Hardcover

by Damon West
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Book Overview

by Damon West (Author)

National Bestseller

From a life-sentence to a global inspiration, Six Dimes and a Nickel introduces the principles and stories that allowed Damon West to rewrite his narrative and become one of the greatest underdog triumphs of all time.

Damon West was a promising college athlete and Division 1 starting quarterback when a career-ending injury incited his struggle with drug abuse. Once he was introduced to methamphetamines, he became instantly hooked. The lives of many innocent people would forever be changed by the choices he made in order to feed his insatiable meth habit. By 2009, a Dallas jury had sentenced him to sixty-five years--a life sentence--for engaging in organized crime. Or, in prison slang, he got six dimes and a nickel. It was a RICO case, of which he was the ringleader.

Inside the suffocating walls of a Texas maximum-security prison, fighting for his life and sanity, he found grit, courage, and determination to make a change. After a fateful discussion during his incarceration with a seasoned convict, Damon had a spiritual awakening. He learned that, like a coffee bean changing with the application of heat and pressure, he was capable of changing the environment around him. Armed with a program of recovery and a renewed sense of faith, Damon transformed so thoroughly that the parole board released him in 2015, placing him on parole until 2073. Since then, he's become a highly sought-after speaker, bestselling author, husband, and stepfather, college professor, philanthropist, and an extremely successful entrepreneur.

If you want to not only make a change in your life, but discover how to maintain that change and become the best version of yourself, then you've come to the right place. The principles and stories in this book are the blueprint for how Damon rewrote his story and, if applied, how you can rewrite yours.

Author Biography

Damon West, MS in criminal justice, is an internationally known keynote speaker, three time Wall Street Journal bestselling author, a former adjunct college professor of criminal justice, and former crime boss in Dallas who was sentenced to life in prison for organized crime. His mega-bestselling book, The Coffee Bean, was listed by Forbes as a "Top 20 Book You Need to Read.." and has been reprinted in several languages all over the world.

On parole in Texas until 2073, his story is one of hope, redemption, grit, and the resilience of the human spirit. Today, Damon lives in Southeast Texas with his wife, stepdaughter, two dogs, and two cats.

For more information, visit damonwest.org.
Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: July 29, 2025
ISBN9798895651896
Author Damon West
PublisherPost Hill Press
GenreBiography, Business, and Self-help & personal development
FormatHardcover
PublishedJuly 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages272
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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