Perspective:
What You Need To Know
There are some common themes in how Canada's most affluent live their lives. Indeed, if you want be like them you may want to do the following:
1. Forego having children.
2. Get a good education.
3. Be self-employed.
4. Focus on assets, not cash flow.
5. Don't count on an inheritance.
6. Live in Ontario or B.C.
7. Use money as a yardstick for evaluating your own success.
8. Think of yourself as comfortable, not rich.
9. Adopt a "live for the moment attitude", or act like old money. There isn't much in between.
10. Get on the Internet.
11. Don't try to manage your money by yourself; get professional financial advice.
12. Buy insurance.
13. Create a financial plan.
14. Make a comfortable retirement your goal.
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