FIRE Canada Interview #5 – Create a long term plan
I’m flying to Asia today for a 10-day business trip. On my last Asia trip, I managed to sit in Air Canada’s premium economy both ways. It sure was nice considering we had to do …
Grow Net Worth
Growing net worth is a very important step to become financially independent retire early. Tips to grow net worth. Growing net worth is one of the most important aspect of personal finance.
FIRE Canada Interview #4 – Cash flow is the oxygen of financial independence
Over the last year, I have the chance to interview a number of Canadians that have reached financial independence retire early. These interviewees have all provided great insight into how they managed to become financially …
Being Financially Independent Retire Early in Canada // What Happens to Income Tax Return?
A while ago, I wrote a piece called Our Financial Independence Assumption…What About Taxes? In it, I took a close look at what our taxes might look like if we were to live off dividend …
Don’t panic on your slow progress on the financial independence journey
Growing up, I used to spend a lot of time playing with LEGO. I had received LEGO sets as presents over the years and kept the pieces from these sets in a big plastic container. …
Food for thought
I came across this quote the other day and thought it was absolutely brilliant! If you knew everything was really all right, and that it always has a happy ending, then you would not feel …
Dividend Income – Jan 2018 Update
Wow, January flew by! I can’t believe it’s already February. Here in Vancouver, January was an exceptional wet month. We had 249.4 millimetres (9.82 inches) of rain, making it the fifth wettest January on record. …
Deconstructing Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE)
Late last year I had the pleasure to record a podcast with Jessica. In the podcast we discussed FIRE, investment strategy (dividend growth stocks & index ETFs), financial independence vs financial freedom, and many more. …