Wealth Your Way: A Simple Path to Financial Freedom - Hardcover

DeStefano, Cosmo P

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 154452983X ISBN 13: 9781544529837

Publisher: Houndstooth Press, 2022

Synopsis

Winner of the Independent Press Award for Best Personal Finance Book and the Goody Business Book Award for Best Wealth Management Book.

Build wealth. Fix your money mindset. Retire on your terms.

Wealth Your Way: A Simple Path to Financial Freedom is your practical, fluff-free roadmap to lasting financial independence. This isn't another generic money book telling you what to buy or which rigid "system" to follow. Instead, retired PwC partner and trusted personal finance strategist Cosmo DeStefano shares a powerful decision-making framework drawn from decades of elite corporate and personal wealth experience. This U.S.-based personal finance guide focuses on aligning your money with your personal values through strategic goal setting, wealth preservation, and stress-free retirement planning.

Perfect for anyone ready to stop winging it and start planning with purpose—whether you're an ambitious professional just starting your career, navigating mid-life financial milestones, or actively optimizing your retirement roadmap. (Best suited for those able to save and invest, even a little.)

In this award-winning guide, you'll discover how to:

* Master Wealth Psychology: Learn how to think about growing wealth (not just what to think) and fix the money habits sabotaging your success.

* Build a Personalized Plan: Design a concrete, step-by-step wealth blueprint and retirement strategy that actually fits your life.

* Simplify Investing: Understand how to use strategic asset allocation and investing as a steady growth tool, not a substitute for a real plan.

* Spend with Confidence: Learn the mechanics of drawing down your assets safely so you can enjoy your wealth—especially in retirement.

Financial freedom isn't about hitting a magic number. It's about having the flexibility and confidence to make choices without money stress—whether that's changing careers, traveling more, supporting family, or simply knowing you're secure.

If you're tired of feeling overwhelmed by conflicting financial advice and ready to build a reliable portfolio that withstands shifting economic climates, Wealth Your Way will guide you step-by-step toward personal freedom and genuine peace of mind.

Get on the path to Wealth Your Way today and live a richer, happier life!

Awards & Recognition:
Best Personal Finance Book - Independent Press Award
Best Wealth Management Book - Goody Business Book Awards
Gold Medal: Best Business & Money Book - Global Book Awards
Gold Medal: Best Retirement Book - Readers' Favorite Awards

About this title

About the Author

Cosmo P. DeStefano turned more than 30 years of elite tax, corporate, and financial strategy experience into Wealth Your Way: A Simple Path to Financial Freedom - a practical, no-fluff guide to building wealth and achieving financial independence.

A retired CPA and former PwC partner, Cosmo has spent decades helping individuals and companies navigate complex financial decisions with clarity and confidence. His articles, commentary, and investment insights have been featured across major global media outlets, including Kiplinger, Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, MSN, and The Evidence-Based Investor.

His writing distills a lifetime of professional and personal experience into highly actionable insights. His work is designed to help professionals and self-directed investors master wealth psychology, simplify asset allocation, and design a personalized, stress-free retirement blueprint.

Wealth Your Way has earned widespread industry acclaim, securing Best Personal Finance Book from the Independent Press Award, Best Wealth Management Book from the Goody Business Book Awards, and top honors from the Global Book Awards and Readers' Favorite Awards.

Today, Cosmo and his wife live just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, enjoying true financial independence and a secure retirement. He wrote Wealth Your Way to empower the next generation of investors to build their wealth and live life with funded contentment.

From the Inside Flap

This book is dedicated to helping you level-set your core understanding of financial freedom. It will also focus on developing default behaviors that are well suited to assist you with planning for and achieving your financial goals while living and enjoying your best life now.

There is no one-size-fits-all plan for that. But there is a strategy to create a purpose-built, goals-driven plan tailored to you. You may be a Gen Z coming of age, a millennial with oppressive student debt, or a boomer playing catch-up, but for all of us financial planning boils down to this simple mantra: think about what to do, go do it, then do as little as possible after that! PCR: Plan, Course-Correct, Repeat.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houndstooth Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154452983X
• ISBN 13: 9781544529837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238