"The Origin of Strength" is a vivid reminder that we all have untapped potential and that sometimes, it takes the darkest times to bring out our brightest lights.
The origin Of Strength
Sometimes The Hero We Seek is Ourselves
Who Doesn’t Love A Good Comeback Story?
Growing up, Eric Anthony Johnson was told that his destiny included drugs, crime and crack. But he chose basketball, books, and his brain, instead.
Growing up in New Orleans amid the 1970s and 80s crack epidemic, young Eric Johnson lived life with his head on a swivel, fighting off the thugs and seeing people murdered right in front of his face.
That boy saw the road of drugs and violence for the dead-end that it was—so he blazed his own trail, a trail that wouldn’t have him end up on the nightly news with a bullet hole in his back.
Eric had the courage to not go with the crowd, and as a man he became a leader. Today the boy who grew up without a true home is now one of America’s leading forces in the realm of affordable housing.
In The Origin of Strength, Eric takes you for a walk down his road of inspiration—so you may find yours…
Read his harrowing story in this real-life action thriller, “The Origin of Strength.”
"Eric’s journey isn’t just a personal triumph; it's a story for everyone. It's the kind of tale you share with your kids when they complain about how hard life is. It's a come-from-behind success story that defies easy categorization and resonates across political divides. The alternating waves of frustration and achievement in Eric’s life are something we can all relate to, even if we couldn't have predicted the outcome."
Shaun Bourgeois
President, Daedalus Advisor Services
That Boy Who Saw Nothing But A Dead End... One day Had a Day Commemorated to Him in his hometown
About Dr. Eric...
New Orleans native Dr. Eric Anthony Johnson is an accomplished urban redevelopment leader. Dr. Johnson specializes in transforming organizational and community initiatives in need of turnaround. Leveraging his solid background in academics, real estate development, public policy, planning, and community, Dr. Johnson is able to consistently jumpstart and rebuild struggling operations with a high level of success.
Dr. Johnson is currently the President & CEO of Aeon housing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a non-profit real estate development company that provides affordable housing for over 17,000 residents in the Twin Cities.
Dr. Johnson is currently the President/CEO of Aeon in Minneapolis. Aeon is a non-profit real estate development company that owns 6,000 housing units, and provides housing for over 17,000 residents in the Twin Cities.
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Praise for
"The Origin of Strength"
“You won’t be able to put this book down, and you’ll never be the same after reading it. This story is the kind of ‘edge of your seat’ read that will one day become a classic film.”
— Matt Weinglass, Award-Winning Director & Producer
What Readers Are Saying:
Stephanie Pierucci, Pierucci Publishing
“The pick yourself up by your bootstraps approach people took in the 1980’s and 90’s is now gone. The housing crisis is an intentional attack on our country’s vulnerable. Skyrocketing rent ensures that people will remain poor, desperate, and easy to control by the government and corporate elite. Dr. Eric’s mission is to reverse this sick trend so that our families will thrive and our nation will once again become one of hope and the American Dream.”
Ki Stulberg, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant and
Executive Coach
“By all accounts the Eric that wrote this book, should not exist. Statistically speaking, children that grow up in conditions of violence, abuse and extreme adversity do not escape that life as they quickly become trapped in a cycle of never-ending violence. What does it take to overcome immense adversity? Eric repeatedly made choices to create a different life for himself and in turn escape his fate. He found role models and heroes for inspiration and where none were to be found, he dug deep and relied on himself. Eric confronted adversity with a belief in himself and never stopped pushing against the obstacles that his environment placed in front of him. He accepted lost opportunities without giving up and unearthed another path to accomplish his goals. If you observe Eric’s journey, you can see how as a child and then as a young man, he created a map to success that can be followed when the odds are against you.”
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What Readers Are Saying:
Karla Hill-Donisch
This book shows us that it's a vulnerable and brave thing to choose to go back to childhood and listen to that child through love, not through fear. When something happens to you in your youth it leaves an indelible impression. Through Eric's writing we see how that impression can generate into a lifelong passion to do good in this life. In describing some traumatic events, I could feel the physical freeze of the young boy. This book shows us how when we have time for each other's stories it proves how much we need each other and the gifts we all bring. Eric's story reminds us we all have a kid inside us with insight and ways of surviving, thriving and turning that into our super powers.
Stephanie Pierucci, Pierucci Publishing
“The pick yourself up by your bootstraps approach people took in the 1980’s and 90’s is now gone. The housing crisis is an intentional attack on our country’s vulnerable. Skyrocketing rent ensures that people will remain poor, desperate, and easy to control by the government and corporate elite. Dr. Eric’s mission is to reverse this sick trend so that our families will thrive and our nation will once again become one of hope and the American Dream.”
Ki Stulberg, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant & Executive Coach
“By all accounts the Eric that wrote this book, should not exist. Statistically speaking, children that grow up in conditions of violence, abuse and extreme adversity do not escape that life as they quickly become trapped in a cycle of never-ending violence. What does it take to overcome immense adversity? Eric repeatedly made choices to create a different life for himself and in turn escape his fate. He found role models and heroes for inspiration and where none were to be found, he dug deep and relied on himself. Eric confronted adversity with a belief in himself and never stopped pushing against the obstacles that his environment placed in front of him. He accepted lost opportunities without giving up and unearthed another path to accomplish his goals. If you observe Eric’s journey, you can see how as a child and then as a young man, he created a map to success that can be followed when the odds are against you.”
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