Josh Lannon - The Social Capitalist: Passion and Profits - An Entrepreneurial Journey

Passion and Profits

An Entrepreneurial Journey

Josh and Lisa Lannon

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Copyright 2012 by Josh and Lisa Lannon. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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First Edition: March, 2012

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Dedication

We dedicate this book to those that have lost their lives, or their loved ones, to addiction.

And to those committed to creating change for themselves and the lives of others.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to Free the Children www.freethechildren.com, the charity partner of Me to We www.metowe.com Free the Children is an International charity and educational partner, working to enable youths to be agents of change.

Me to We is an innovative social enterprise that offers socially conscious and environmentally friendly products and life-changing experiences.

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The Social Capitalist

Passion and ProfitsAn Entrepreneurial Journey

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment from our incredible team at Journey Healing Centers. To our families, who have loved us through the years, even when they didnt understand or agree with our choices, both during the hard times and even today.

And to our mentors and teachers: Robert and Kim Kiyosaki, Mr. Paul Mills, Chris Spencer, Blair Singer, Kelly Ritchie, and those leading all the different personal development training workshops and seminars we have participated in over the years.

Thank you to Garrett Sutton for your legal advice and your contribution to this book, to Kathy Heasley, Jessica Santina and Mona Gambetta for their editing on the manuscript.

Thank you to Jon Carson, Bill Drayton, Christopher Kreece Fuchs, F. Xavier Helgesen, R. Christine Hershey, Michael Holthouse, Rommel Juan, Liz Maw Bruce McNamer, David Murphy, Jess Sand, Mirjam Schning, and Julie Smolyansky for the information and expertise that you provided and your valuable time.

And thank you, for having the strength to take a stand.

Contents

by Robert Kiyosaki

I am very proud of Josh and Lisa.

Many people believe that I write my books and create my educational games just to teach people to make money or simply to earn money. That is only partially true.

While I am happy that people are attaining a bit more financial security, especially in these challenging economic times, I am more appreciative of people who are doing what Josh and Lisa have done. What they have done is become social capitalists.

I believe that each of us has a special and unique gift to give, and Lisa and Josh are giving their gift. Theyve confronted the challenges that life has put in their path and battled adversity. Theyve found strength in each other and in what they, together, have created.

Today they are going well, financially and spiritually, by doing good in our world.

They saw a need within our society and created a business to serve that need.

They applied sound business and investing principles in growing their business and today have accomplished several things. They have addressed a need in our world, become real estate investors, built a business that supports them and their familyas well as the families of their employees around the world. They lead by example within their communities and as parents to their young children.

If you believe you have a special gift to give, or just want to make the world a better place by being an entrepreneur, this book is for you. You, too, can be a Social Capitalist.

Robert Kiyosaki

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

On November 26, 2001, I was well on my way to becoming one of the 79,000 people that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say die each year from excessive alcohol use. I had come home that morning after a three-day bender, my depression and insecurity a raging inferno fueled by alcohol, and found myself staring down the barrel of my AR-15 Bushmaster 223 assault rifle, contemplating how much of my wife Lisas misery and mine I could end by firing the gun.

Shame over what that would do to Lisa, a Las Vegas Metro law enforcement officer who had been cleaning up my messes for years and who would be returning any moment from her 12-hour shift, kept me from pulling the trigger that day. But, ironically, it was the hallucinations that had plagued and terrified me for months that ultimately saved my life. Because on that morning, a vision came to me and whispered the words that changed my life forever: No Not yet. Theres more work to do.

Over the course of the next year, I began that work. When Lisa gave me an ultimatum between our marriage or my addiction, I entered drug rehab and sobered up, broke away from my family business and a lifestyle that were killing me, discovered my lifes passion, became a father, and laid the groundwork on the first Journey Healing Center (JHC), one of six addiction recovery and rehabilitation healing centers that Lisa and I founded.

When we formed the idea for JHC, we had two goals in mind: No matter what, I must stay sober, and we would, together, build a