Chris Budd: The importance of self-worth over net worth

I am writing this while sat in a deckchair on a beach in Devon. I have been reading a book that has just suddenly given me a moment of clarity on something from many years ago. I also think it has a huge relevance to financial planning, and so would like to share it with you. My father My father was a financial adviser. He came from very working-class beginnings - his father was a road sweeper in Bristol. He worked hard through his life, progressing up the greasy corporate ladder until a redundancy forced him to set up as a financial adviser. For a few years, he did pretty well, and...