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Tim Wells

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Award-winning and best-selling author Tim Wells achieved Financial Independence at 57 after a 37-year career in technology and a
lifetime of financial lessons. Now he is a best-selling personal finance author with a mentoring practice.

Passionate about helping others break free from money struggles, he shares hard-earned wisdom with honesty and humor.

Tim lives with his ball crazy rescue Lab-mix dog, for whom no amount of throws are ever enough. He plays and coaches on multiple senior softball teams, and enjoys travel, writing, mentoring, and pickleball.

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The Late Starter's Guide to Financial Independence: A Mentor's Hard-Earned Lessons on Finding Freedom and Creating a Legacy

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The Late Starter's Guide to Financial Independence has won the Gold Medal at the Global Book Awards in the Business and Money category.

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Tim Wells liked Scott Kyle's review of The Late Starter's Guide to Financial Independence: A Mentor's Hard-Earned Lessons on Finding Freedom and Creating a Legacy: "If you’ve ever felt like you “missed the boat” on building wealth, this book is for you. Wells tackles that exact feeling: the sense that you’re behind, whether financially, in career or in life, and what you can do about it now. He combines personab" Read more of this review »
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Tim Wells liked Anne Webb's review of The Late Starter's Guide to Financial Independence: A Mentor's Hard-Earned Lessons on Finding Freedom and Creating a Legacy: "This is a practical and empowering roadmap for anyone ready to rewrite their money story. It walks readers through the red, yellow, and green zones, moving from financial overwhelm to healing old money wounds and to building lasting wealth. With clea" Read more of this review »
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