About The Book
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Each of us has our own personal vision of what we want to achieve and experience over the course of our life. The challenge is managing our time and resources in a manner that allows that vision to be achieved. Living Your Dream is designed to help adult Canadians, baby boomers through Gen Z, achieve their objectives via effective financial planning and management. Living Your Dream works through the financial challenges that we all face at various points in our lives and helps the reader to understand the main programs and structures to be used, and obstacles that need to be managed. Through proper planning and diligent execution, living/funding an exceptional life is within the grasp of most of us ... but, it won’t just magically happen.
Living Your Dream takes a comprehensive look at money management but equally important, it’s an engaging, readable book on money management. A fun, common sense, and actionable read that will benefit anyone who picks it up." Living Your Dream is a thoroughly enjoyable read from a financial professional who has nothing to sell you. Larry lays out the foundation for a successful financial life using true stories from his own experience and that of others. And he does it in plain English laced with humour. If you read one book on personal finances this year, make it this one." |
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I found Living Your Dream to be easy reading, very conversational and user friendly. I like the comprehensiveness of it and will keep it as a reference tool."
Kurt Rosentreter, CPA, CA, CFP, CLU, FCSI, CIMA, FMA, TEP
Living Your Dream is a comprehensive guide to investing and personal finance. The book draws on the strategic successes, failures, and learnings that Larry and his family experienced on their journey to early financial independence (by age 55). His expertise and enthusiasm come through on every page."
Jonathan Chevreau, author of Findependence Day and CFO of financialIndependenceHub.com
This is a solid book that manages to address almost every area of personal finance (even the ones that often get ignored), digs deep enough to be useful, points out other resources to dig deeper, and consistently repeats the message that rules change and you have to be actively engaged in your own planning, even when you’re working with professionals. There’s no other real contender with this breadth and depth, and almost everyone will benefit from not just reading it but taking the time to absorb it.
Sandi Martin, CFP – Partner, COO, Financial Planner @ Spring Financial Planning
About The Author
Larry Wilson was born, raised and educated in Winnipeg. To the amazement of his high school teachers he completed two degrees, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (economics) and Bachelor of Commerce (honours) with distinction. Larry went on to further dumbfound those who knew him in high school by earning a number of designations, including accounting (CPA, CA), and finance & investing (CFP, CIM, and DMS).
Larry, following in the footsteps of David Chilton, won the award for the highest mark in the country on the Canadian Securities Course in 1999. Much of the prize money from the gold medal was wasted trying to improve his short-game at a local golf centre. The golf centre has since gone out of business—likely the result of many of their practice balls having been launched over the fence onto the railway tracks. Larry admits no responsibility.
After a successful career utilizing his CPA, CA credentials, Larry is uniquely placed to offer an independent, unbiased view of planning approaches and strategies. Larry has never been directly employed within the industry, rather he has studied it from the outside having read hundreds of books on all aspects of personal financial planning and earning highly respected industry designations.
Larry is now “living his dream” with his wife (Kim), two children (Kaylee and Dan), and two pets (Chester and Bun ... yes, Bun is a rabbit). Having frozen his toes on outdoor hockey rinks in Manitoba more times than can be counted, Larry continues to enjoy most of the year in Winnipeg while preferring to spend much of the winter in the gym (pre-buffet) on a ship or at all inclusive resort nearer the equator.
Larry, following in the footsteps of David Chilton, won the award for the highest mark in the country on the Canadian Securities Course in 1999. Much of the prize money from the gold medal was wasted trying to improve his short-game at a local golf centre. The golf centre has since gone out of business—likely the result of many of their practice balls having been launched over the fence onto the railway tracks. Larry admits no responsibility.
After a successful career utilizing his CPA, CA credentials, Larry is uniquely placed to offer an independent, unbiased view of planning approaches and strategies. Larry has never been directly employed within the industry, rather he has studied it from the outside having read hundreds of books on all aspects of personal financial planning and earning highly respected industry designations.
Larry is now “living his dream” with his wife (Kim), two children (Kaylee and Dan), and two pets (Chester and Bun ... yes, Bun is a rabbit). Having frozen his toes on outdoor hockey rinks in Manitoba more times than can be counted, Larry continues to enjoy most of the year in Winnipeg while preferring to spend much of the winter in the gym (pre-buffet) on a ship or at all inclusive resort nearer the equator.
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Larry’s sense of humour and his commitment to making financial concepts understandable contribute to a writing style that is not commonly found in the world of personal finance.
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