How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $16.95
Manufacturer: Visions International Publishing
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Description
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free offers inspirational advice on how to enjoy life to its fullest. The key to achieving an active and satisfying retirement involves a great deal more than having adequate financial resources; it also encompasses all other aspects of life -- interesting leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical well-being, mental well-being, and solid social support.
World-class author and innovator Ernie J. Zelinski guides you to:
- Gain courage to take early retirement; in fact, the earlier the better.
- Put money in proper perspective so that you don't need a million dollars to retire.
- Generate purpose in your retirement life with meaningful creative pursuits.
- Follow your dreams instead of someone else's.
- Take charge of your mental, physical, and spiritual health.
- Better envision you retirement goals -- including where you want to live.
- Above all, make you retirement years the best time of your life.
What sets this retirement book apart from all the others is its holistic approach to the fears, hopes, and dreams that people have about retirement. This international bestseller (over 110,000 copies sold in its first edition) goes way beyond the numbers that is often the main focus of retirement planning in most retirement books.
There are many ingredients of a happy retirement and several retirement planning tools that help retirees plan for their retirement in new and more meaningful ways. One of the most powerful tools is The Get-a-Life Tree that you won't find in any other retirement books.
In short, the retirement wisdom in this book will prove to be much more important than how much money you have saved. How to Retire Happy Wild, and Free helps readers create an active, satisfying, and happy retirement in a way such that they don't need a million dollars to retire.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-23
Summary: "A book filled with enthusiasm and zest for life"
I did lots of planning ahead of early retirement and I fancy myself to be creative and innovative. But many years in the workforce do take their toll in terms of time and focus on non-work options and opportunities. This book is helping me turn a great decision (early retirement) into a brilliant decision.
The book is chock full of ideas, suggestions, cautions and enthusiasm. Just the mind-map approach to considering options was worth it. Read this book and don't look back.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-20
Summary: "retirement"
Wish I had the book before I retired. It would have made me feel more "normal". Alot of helpfull hints. Now not enough hours in day to "do" everything I want to do.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-19
Summary: "very amusing"
my husband read it and loved it. Can't wait to read it myself, as we are retiring in Dec!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-02
Summary: "A Great Argument For Leading a Balanced Life"
In today's world of workaholics, greed, and materialism, Mr. Zelinski offers a fresh voice of moderation and living life.
Mr. Zelinski gives case examples of many people who have eschewed a lifetime of corporate servitude, and have chosen the road less traveled. Some people have learned to live on less money. Others retire early to pursue their dreams before the onset old age. The book is a compendium of people choosing to ignore the Pied Piper of Capitalism, and have created their own trail of life.
The road to a life of fulfillment has few signposts, and is difficult for even those of intelligence and independence. Knowing that others strive for independence, and the efforts they needed to achieve their goals has given me new ideas for my own life.
Mr. Zelinski, thanks for your breath of fresh air.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-20
Summary: "How to retire happy, wild, and free"
Ernie J. Zelinski did it again! The Canadian author who was forced to retire at the age of 27 proved to his fans that losing a job might be the best thing that would ever happened to anyone.
Ernie "retired" from the corporate world but soon after found his true calling in writing about his reluctant but happy retirement. He was not shy in telling his story as it was, including his tough times. That honest wit earned him a title of guru in teaching people how to retire happy, wild, and free. Ernie showed readers a fresh meaning to retirement. According to him, retirement is not the time to be static but it is the time to enjoy life with loved ones.
Ernie expertly showed the readers how to plan for a productive retirement. His fun and creative style of writing enabled readers to follow his footsteps with confidence. Most importantly, Ernie reminded us that retirement is the time for personal growth, self-development, learning new skills, cultivating friendships, traveling, helping others, and following our passion in life.
For some of us who tend to sit around doing nothing, Ernie encouraged these people to act, to do something that is worth living for and to help others.
I credit the tips I learned from "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free" and have recommended this book to many of my friends regardless of how near or far they are from retirement.
Read this book and retire (to follow your dreams) happily!