Preface

While this book is the long awaited sequel to the international bestseller, The Jackrabbit Factor, in truth, it is much more than a sequel.

It also supplies a prequel element, taking the reader back nearly a decade prior to the opening scene of The Jackrabbit Factor: Why You Can (which I’ll call JF), as well as filling in the twelve-year gap between JF and its epilogue. Besides offering a more detailed foundation to JF, Portal to Genius answers the questions: Who was the unknown gentleman, and what was his amazing idea? What transpired during those next twelve years, and how did Richard become the success implied in the conclusion?

We initially planned to exclude the JF text in this book, until it became clear that it did not adequately stand alone without it.

While JF will continue to facilitate a powerful internal transformation for its readers across the globe, Portal to Genius is designed to help its readers more easily move into implementation and execution mode, effecting real-life victories. It’s written to help the reader discover how to overcome each challenge faced on the real-life path to financial freedom and excellence in all areas of his or her life.

The principles contained in both books are universal, and the lessons addressed are applicable to all challenges. Though JF is included in the pages of Portal to Genius, the original story will continue to be available independently (in larger print) as a primer – a short and easy read for those who are particularly busy, for those who are skeptics, or for those who recognize its power and want to bring its life-changing introductory message into the hearts of those who look to them for leadership.

To learn from the documented mistakes and victories of others is to achieve greater success in a shorter period of time. Although this story is fictional, every encounter is based on true happenings, experienced by us (the authors), and tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of people, or more. Life has a way of bringing all people through experiences common to humanity at large, and we do well to learn from one another new ideas for conquering such challenges.

As you’ll see through these pages, Richard becomes a giant in his own right, and it’s your opportunity to stand on his shoulders to reach great heights of your own—even greater than perhaps you ever thought possible.

Enjoy the journey!

Leslie Householder
Garrett B. Gunderson