By Denise Mungal
Senior Investment Analyst, Guardian Asset Management
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Achieving financial security is by no means an easy task. Even if you were to win the Lotto it is possible to lose it all if the right steps are not taken to ensure that your winnings grow and don’t wilt away. Beginning the process of trying to achieve financial security early in life is indeed worthwhile as it plants the seeds that are necessary for you to achieve your goals earlier than if you were to wait until after you are in your thirties. So what are some of the steps you can take before you are thirty towards achieving this goal.

• Recognize your most important asset – You! Your skills, knowledge and experience are the biggest and most important assets you have. Recognizing yourself as an investment and building a career from a sound education or using your inherent skills to open your own business is one of the most important factors in achieving financial independence and security.

Read more the rest of this article in the Summer / Fall issue of Basia Magazine