How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor by Ernie J. Zelinski
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- Pub. Date: March 2004
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 8,518
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2004
- Publisher: Random House, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 8,518
- ISBN-13: 9781580085786
- ISBN: 1580085784
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Retirement does not have to mean the end of life-in fact it can mean a whole new beginning to the life you never had time to explore. In HOW TO RETIRE HAPPY, WILD, AND FREE, best-selling author Ernie J. Zelinksi shows that the key to enjoying an active and satisfying retirement is dependent on much more than just having adequate financial resources. It means paying attention to all aspects of life, including leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical and mental well-being, and solid social support. With its friendly format, lively cartoons, and captivating quotations, Zelinski's guide offers inspirational advice on how to follow your dreams instead of someone else's, how to put your retirement in proper perspective, and how to enjoy life after work.
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ERNIE J. ZELINSKI has an Engineering degree and an MBA from the University of Alberta. Because he is truly organizationally averse, he has not had a real job for over twenty-five years. Ernie speaks professionally on the subjects of real success, retirement, and applying creativity to business and leisure.
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Great book on dealing with life after workby Anonymous
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September 10, 2009: Great book for those who are dealing with life after work - whether it be retirement, semi-retirement, career change or job layoff....Thought provoking on what should be understood dealing with thi tpic
Likely the Best Retirement Book in the Worldby Anonymous
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February 02, 2005: My first exposure to How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free was downloading over half of the book as a free E-book which I found on the Internet. It was the top half of the book, however. Although the E-book was inspiring to read, it was a little frustrating with the bottom half missing. I loved the top half so much that I purchased the whole book. It?s the best one I?ve read on retirement. I had been looking for a book that dealt with aspects of retirement that weren?t tied up with all the financial gobbledygook. As a personal coach who often gives advice to the newly retired, I have already purchased over a hundred copies to give to my clients and will continue to purchase more. Moreover, How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free has given me the inspiration and incentive to make my own retirement happen earlier than I had planned for. Ernie Zelinski has an off-the-wall sense of humor and is a master of one-liners that catch your attention and open you up to new concepts. You may be surprised to find out that ?You don't have to watch one minute of TV when you retire ? and perhaps you shouldn't given that the probability of having a happy and successful retirement is inversely proportional to how much television you watch.? According to Zelinski, if you manage to retire happy, wild, and free, then your retirement will be more rewarding than your career ever was. The ingredients in such a retirement are likely to include great friends, a sense of purpose, some structure in your day, plenty of exercise, something to stimulate your mind, and spiritual growth. If you don?t have these ingredients in your life at this time, Zelinski has a number of suggestions for finding and incorporating them. For those who haven?t cultivated interests outside the workplace, filling all that time may be a challenge. The Get-a-Life Tree in Chapter 3 provides the answer. Other chapters are devoted to the consideration of activities that enhance body, mind, and spirit. Zelinski quotes from many sources, but his attitude is reflected in a quote from the Buddha. ?In the end, these things matter most. How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you learn to let go?? Better still, Zelinski?s own words in How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free are worthy of being quoted as much as the Buddha. For example: ?When money is lost, little is lost. When time is lost, much more is lost. When health is lost, practically everything is lost. And when creative spirit is lost, there is nothing left.? Another example: ?Retirement life is a game in many ways. Ensure that you laugh and have fun, even when the score is not in your favor. This way, you will always end up winning at the most important game you will ever play.? My edition of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free indicates that it will be published in seven other languages. No wonder. Although I can?t prove it, this is likely the best retirement book in the world.
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