Why he wrote a get-out-of-debt book.
No Balance Due came about completely by accident. Because of a couple of business closures and the sale of the assets, Lenny and his wife took a long trip in their camper during the spring of 1997.
They discovered there were people who worked during the summers and played during the winters.
- They worked at campgrounds, amusement parks and state & national parks all across America.
- Since Lenny & Jackie had No Balance Due in their lives, this lifestyle was attainable.
They fell in love with the Grand Canyon and would go to work there beginning that very summer.
- For the next several years, they’d show people the Grand Canyon during the summers and travel back and forth along Interstate 10 in their RV during the winters.
- What a blast.
Meanwhile, their adult children were getting deeper and deeper into debt. It was on Lenny’s mind to write down for his children, just what they’d experienced about finances and how they’d achieved their No Balance Due.
He’d always wanted to be a public speaker of sorts. Jackie suggested he should look into this speaking thing and give it a whirl.
- In July of 2004, he attended a convention of speakers to hang around and see just what it is these folks do.
- The very first thing he found out was, he should have a topic.
- What a GREAT IDEA!
On the third evening of this conference, he found himself eating dinner with seven others, six of whom talked about borrowing money, debt consolidation, home equity loans and refinancing.
- The majority of the folks sitting at that table were in debt up to their eyeballs.
- That’s when it hit him.
- Hey man – this is a topic – it cuts across all segments of our society.
- It’s something he knew about from first hand experience.
Next, assuming he needed to research the topic, he read forty-seven books on the subject.
- This effort took almost nine months.
- Some of the author’s were right on target.
- It seemed, several were actually suggesting implementing exactly the wrong strategies to get out of debt.
- During that process was actually when the decision was made to write No Balance Due.
The man who initially told him to write it, teaches wanna be authors how to write and publish books.
- Over the years, this book guru has worked with some of the authors you’ve probably read.
- He read No Balance Due before its final edits and commented that “This is a much needed book.
- It’s a system for life. Nice work.”
To keep it interesting a lot of short stories were used. Lenny felt most of the people experiencing difficulties in this area want simple, easily read stories in their search for answers.
He feels it’s been one of the greatest experiences of his short lifetime and says he’s learning a whole lot more about life and himself during this process.
