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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Ten Speed Press Catalog: Book Release date: 2004-03 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 240 Ean: 9781580085786 Book Isbn: 1580085784  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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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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 Written on February 18, 2007 Summary: Retirement is a state of mind rather than a time of life! As a Life Transition Coach who specializes in helping people prepare for and adjust to 'retirement' I am always on the look out for good materials to refer them to. Zelinski's "How to Retire" has become the staple that my clients are referred to again and again. You can tell this guy really knows how to live life. He has become a huge invitation for people to wake up and smell the burning rubber of their feet dragging on life's treadmill! Even for that small portion of the working public who actually enjoy their jobs, he presents some compelling arguments as to why 'retirement' is an appealing option to work. I'm someone who doesn't plan on a traditional retirement, yet there were times as I read Zelinski's thoughts and ideas about what's possible in retirement that it got me thinking that I may want to revise my plans at some point in the future. The distinction between "feel good" and "values based" happiness that Zelinski makes on p. 96 really caught my attention and I've already begun weaving the importance of this distinction into the coaching conversations I have with clients. In short, it highlights how the buzz that we get from spending money and 'accomplishing' things diminishes over time so that we have to spend more or do more in order to get the same release from it. One of those laws of diminishing return things. Compare that to the long term satisfaction and gratification we get from engaging things that hold meaning for us and you discover a kind of happiness that actually grows over time rather than diminishing over time. Very, very important for those caught in the web of illusion that golfing/fishing/shopping/traveling are going to sustain them when they retire. Zelinski encourages us all to consider retirement earlier rather than later and to begin to pay attention to the quality of our life's experience rather than single mindedly focusing on achieving more material success. He rightfully points out that many of us won't make it to some magical retirement date we anticipate in the future. And he is clear in helping us to notice that money alone is not going to buy us a satisfying, gratifying retirement experience. The only way that I think this book could be improved is with a bit more focus on the conversation about discovering the identity each of us has that typically lies buried beneath mountains of cultural conditioning. In my experience, folks who haven't ever really spent much time wondering "who am I under all these rules, anyway?" need a fair bit of support and encouragement to keep digging until they discover themselves. That being said, the many exercises and activities Zelinski's suggests are fine starting points for that exploration. I think that every workaholic in North America should be locked in a room with this book for as long as it takes for them to read it through and discover the big, exciting world that they are missing! And I don't know many people who couldn't benefit from absorbing a few of Zelinski's thoughts on the whole retirement subject. Written on January 9, 2007 Summary: True retirement wisdom! The book was terrific - it made me think about the non-financial aspects of retirement and opened a view of what exciting things will lie ahead if I will come out of the box of my routine life! It helped me see that there is more to life than cashing the next paycheck! I have given this as gifts and recommended it to many - one person told me that he got it for Christmas and just a little ways into the book decided to retire within the year - mandatory reading! Written on January 5, 2007 Summary: Best I've seen... As a "Professional" in the field, COACHLYON-THE Pre-Retirement Coach, I have found Ernie Zelinski's "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor" to be outstanding! So good, in fact, that I offer a Book Discussion / Coaching Group with it as our focus piece. It is not only informational, it's inspirational! I truly appreciate Ernie's 'out-of-the-box' approach, eclectic style and comprehensive content. I especially enjoy his wry sense of humor, generous use of well seasoned quotes, and spicy cartoons to give added flavor and substance to his hardy 'Recipe' for 'life after work'. Buy this book - buy two, and give one to your Financial Advisor! Richard A. Lyon, CEC COACHLYON-THE Pre-Retirement Coach Creator of "Creating Your Recipe for a Happier, Longer Life in Retirement" Written on January 4, 2007 Summary: Retirement made easy! Great book, great insight, great information! As I prepare to retire, I find this book extremely helpful and fun...let's me know the options and emotions that might accompany them. I've recommended this book to everyone I know thinking about retirement! Written on January 3, 2007 Summary: Lots of great ideas! I really enjoyed this book. Some of the best things are the "Get A Life Tree" and 7 pages of possible activities for it. A few quotes: "The probability of having a happy and successful retirement is inversely proportional to the amount of TV one watches." "You must pursue what you truly want out of retirement, and not what others want you to pursue or what other retirees are pursuing." "Virtually everyone will agree at some level that money doesn't buy happiness, but deep down they haven't accepted it. Regardless of how old you are, you will show wisdom well beyond your age when you truly accept that money can't buy contentment and peace of mind." "Riches are to be used and not to be hoarded. After all, what the ultimate purpose of money, but to spend it? Sadly, wealthy people can actually be worse off than poor people. Due to their poverty consciousness, a disease of sorts, some of the rich continue to live as if they were poor." Pages 186-7 has a good list of things to look for in a retirement location. Page 195 has great self evaluation questions to answer. I've read a lot of retirement books and this one had new angles for me and I recommend it. |
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| Release date | 2004-03 | 2003-10 | 2006-08-18 | 2004-07-07 | 2003-09 | 2007-06-12 |
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