You cannot escape from a prison, if you don’t know you’re in one. Most of us are imprisoned by something. We’re all living in darkness until something or someone flips on the switch. Possibly the biggest impediment to finding and living your purpose are the mental shackles that tie many people down. The mental shackles on Lynch Hunt’s mind were released the day physical shackles were put on him. Hunt was the former leader of a $8.3 million coke ring in Burlington County, New Jersey and landed himself in federal prison for 10 years. Ironically, it was inside the prison walls where he found his freedom. From Prison to Prosperity is not about Lynch Hunt going to prison, coming home and having success. It’s about leading people to freedom from physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual captivity no matter who you are or what environment you find yourself in.

This companion workbook pairs with the book From Prison to Prosperity by Lynch Hunt. Each chapter in that book which takes you through the 7 Levels of Personal Growth ends with a Prosperity Practice and three keys to help you begin working on that level of personal growth in your own life. For your convenience, those Prosperity Practices are included and broken down into steps in this workbook with space to complete the activities. If you need more space than what is provided, there are a number of extra blank pages in the back of this companion workbook for you to continue writing on any of the practices. It is vital that you read each of the chapters in the book From Prison to Prosperity and absorb the information there for these practices to serve you in your goals and your future success and prosperity. Personal growth takes time and this is a tool to get you started on what will be a lifelong process of continual improvement. You must be willing to start and be willing to keep going.

Purpose. It's a simple word, but why can it seem so impossible to find? In this book, I will share my journey to finding my purpose with you. I'll show you how I went from a life filled with low self-esteem, obesity, failed relationships, drug addiction, and alcoholism-all things that eventually led me to an attempted suicide and ultimately prison-to finding my purpose and passion in life. The key? Finding deliverance in Jesus. Completely submitting my life to Christ enabled me to be blessed beyond belief, from finding joy and peace with my four children and two amazing granddaughters to sharing my story with others.Today, I'm living my best life and want to share my experience, strength and hope for others who think they have no purpose. I hope you will follow me on this journey and it will help you to discover your own purpose. Together, let's discover it, live it and share it with passion!

What Obstacles Are Keeping You From Purpose and Prosperity? As an 18 year old, Mike Pisciotta found himself in a position no one wants to be behind bars at a Florida State prison. Even worse, Mike couldn't remember the night that had put him there - he only knew that he was destined to become more than just another number in the prison system. Through a combination of prayer, honest introspection and commitment, Mike rose from his "identity" as prisoner #R18756 to become one of the world's most respected marketers. But Mike is more than a marketing expert. He is passionate about using his experiences to help others who are lacking direction and purpose to guide them to not only meet their God-given potential but to exceed it! In From Prison to Prosperity, you'll discover Mike's story and learn how his lesson have transformed thousands of lives all around the world. If you, your team or your organization aren't fulfilling a deeply ingrained purpose. From Prison to Prosperity might just be the inspiration you need to dig deeply and become empowered with renewed purpose and drive.

One of our foremost economic thinkers challenges a cherished tenet of today’s financial orthodoxy: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government—“austerity”—is the solution to a persisting economic crisis like ours or Europe’s, now in its fifth year. Since the collapse of September 2008, the conversation about economic recovery has centered on the question of debt: whether we have too much of it, whose debt to forgive, and how to cut the deficit. These questions dominated the sound bites of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, the fiscal-cliff debates, and the perverse policies of the European Union. Robert Kuttner makes the most powerful argument to date that these are the wrong questions and that austerity is the wrong answer. Blending economics with historical contrasts of effective debt relief and punitive debt enforcement, he makes clear that universal belt-tightening, as a prescription for recession, defies economic logic. And while the public debt gets most of the attention, it is private debts that crashed the economy and are sandbagging the recovery—mortgages, student loans, consumer borrowing to make up for lagging wages, speculative shortfalls incurred by banks. As Kuttner observes, corporations get to use bankruptcy to walk away from debts. Homeowners and small nations don’t. Thus, we need more public borrowing and investment to revive a depressed economy, and more forgiveness and reform of the overhang of past debts. In making his case, Kuttner uncovers the double standards in the politics of debt, from Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe’s campaign for debt forgiveness in the seventeenth century to the two world wars and Bretton Woods. Just as debtors’ prisons once prevented individuals from surmounting their debts and resuming productive life, austerity measures shackle, rather than restore, economic growth—as the weight of past debt crushes the economy’s future potential. Above all, Kuttner shows how austerity serves only the interest of creditors—the very bankers and financial elites whose actions precipitated the collapse. Lucid, authoritative, provocative—a book that will shape the economic conversation and the search for new solutions.

Sean Ingram has touched many lives with his ability to passionately orate through lecture or performance the importance of overcoming life's obstacles while in the pursuit of happiness and success. He utilizes his creative gifts at schools, churches, prisons and corporations to invoke inspiration to those who may feel at times somewhat discouraged and despondent. Sean impressively uses his past struggles of deferred dreams, physical incarceration and mental imprisonment as his creative stepping stones to success, which truly epitomizes his profound journey from poverty, to prison, to prosperity.

God had a plan. And he created man to execute that plan. Now is your time to stand up and boldly proclaim, I am that man! Now is your time to say, without shame, I am that woman! Christ died and rose again to restore us to our place as living souls. Now God and all of creation awaits our manifestation as the people of God who will turn their prison into their prosperity.