Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My name is Ben Le Fort, I am an economist by day and a personal finance writer by night. I live in Waterloo, Ontario with my wife Trish, son Harrison and cat Trixie.
I’ve been writing about personal finance since 2018 and in 2022 I self-published my first book “The Financial Freedom Equation.”
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of the book is The Financial Freedom Equation. This book is a summation of everything I learned over a 10-year period where I paid off $50,000 in debt and put myself in a financial position to do work that I love and help those closest to me who were struggling financially.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write 5 blog posts per week. I spend one day writing all the posts, another day working on the headlines for each post, and another day finding the right cover images for each post.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
In the personal finance space, my favorite book is probably “The 7 Most Important Equations for Your Retirement: The Fascinating People and Ideas Behind Planning Your Retirement Income” by Moshe A. Milevsky. It’s a brilliant book on retirement savings.
In the non-fiction space, my favorite series is a song of ice and fire. George, we are rooting for you to finish the books!
What are you working on now?
I am working on my second book, with the working title “Invest like an economist.”
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I write articles on Medium dot com and I have a Substack newsletter.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Get on a writing platform like Medium, write and publish as much as you can, collect feedback from readers and turn your best ideas into a book to self publish on Amazon.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best investment you can ever make is in yourself.
What are you reading now?
“Turning pro” by Steven Pressfield
What’s next for you as a writer?
My goals are to continue to grow my readers on Substack and publish a new book every 1-3 years.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The final-yet to be written- entries in a Song of Ice and Fire!
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