Believe to Achieve: The Power of Perseverance Paperback - 2011

Lynn Effinger is a veteran of nearly four decades within the housing and mortgage loan servicing industries. He has held such diverse positions as Vice President-REO Manager for Great Western Bank, Washington Mutual Bank, and Citicorp Trust Bank. He has also served as Director of REO Services for Safeguard Properties and Director of Advertising and Public Relations for Shapell Industries and Great Western Real Estate. In addition, Mr. Effinger has served for many years as a marketing consultant to builders, developers, real estate companies and mortgage lenders throughout Southern California. He is the former Producer and Host of "Real Estate Matters," a weekly radio talk show in San Diego, former Publisher and Editor of "Escondido Magazine," and is the author of numerous articles on the housing market, marketing trends, and political commentaries that have been published in various magazines, trade journals, and local newspapers. Mr. Effinger is also an accomplished motivational speaker whose presentations, "Conquer Adverisity - Winning Ways to Peak Performance" and "Believe to Achieve - The Power of Perseverance" have received acclaim across the country. You can learn more about his presentations by visiting his web site at www.effingercommunications.com. Mr. Effinger's passion for helping others to overcome adversity to be the best they can be is the catalyst for his speaking activities and for authoring his autobiography, "Believe to Achieve - The Power of Perseverance." In both he explains how being born without a left hand never kept him from accomplishing the goals that mattered to him most, and how he never let others try to define who he was or what he could accomplish. It is a motivating message about overcoming adversity, high aspirations, and understanding one's purpose in life.