You've Done Everything Right. So Why Does Something Still Feel Off?
The modern wealth story promises a trade: work hard, accumulate enough, and eventually, life clicks into place. But for the successful professional staring at the ceiling in yet another hotel room, accomplished, recognised, and quietly hollow, that promise has a shadow side.
The Wealth of Intention is Derek Henderson's challenge to that story.
Written by a Canadian Portfolio Manager, Family Enterprise Advisor, and senior advisor at Canada's largest bank, this book draws on decades spent guiding families through investment strategy, succession, and the long arc of stewardship and the enduring insight that the hardest questions in wealth are never about markets. They are about intention.
Blending Stoic philosophy, behavioral finance, and lived experience, Henderson reframes four of our most undervalued assets, time, energy, attention, and capital, and shows how intention governs the way each one is spent.
Across twenty chapters and five interconnected parts, the book maps a richer way to live: slower, wiser, and more aligned with what genuinely matters.
What you'll discover inside:
- Why the illusion of modern success keeps high-achievers busy, restless, and perpetually chasing "more"
- How to treat time, energy, and attention as allocable resources - not infinite supplies. The ancient wisdom of Stoic practice applied to modern financial decisions
- Why discipline, simplicity, consistency, and patience are the rhythms of an intentional life
- How to return to alignment without reinventing yourself from scratch
- The real meaning of "fortune beyond finance" - and why it matters more than net worth
"A grounded meditation on true wealth, identity, and the discipline of presence. This is the book you reach for after you've 'made it' - when it's time to stop chasing what's next and start paying attention to what's here." - Kevin Ferrell, Entrepreneur and Author
Fortune beyond finance isn't a distant destination. It's the life you're already capable of living - if you're willing to slow down long enough to see it.If you've spent years building wealth but suspect the most valuable returns are still uncounted, The Wealth of Intention is the book you've been waiting for.
