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How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor
First
Published
September 2009
by
VIP BOOKS (an Imprint of Visions International Publishing)
in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
.
Written in English.
About the Book
With a focus on the non-financial aspects of retirement, How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free by Ernie J. Zelinski explores the myriad choices and decisions we are all confronted with in living out our retirement lives.
Easy to read and well laid out, this non-financial retirement book emphasizes preparing for retirement long before you retire. How to Retire Happy , Wild, and Free
is a provocative, entertaining, down-to-earth, and tremendously inspiring book that will help you get more joy and satisfaction out of all your retirement activities, even a retirement job.Author and innovator Ernie J. Zelinski uses inspirational retirement
quotes and even a retirement poem to guide 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 your retirement goals — including where you want to retire.
- Above all, experience the joy of being retired so that your retirement years are the best time of your life.
See a <a href=" http://www.quintcareers.com/career_book_reviews/Retire_Happy.html">Review of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free on Quintessential Careers
by Nancy Miller.First Sentence
First Paragraph from Preface: You have in your hands what an Amazon.com reviewer says is “the world’s best retirement book.” Although it was turned down by over thirty-five publishers, this book has now sold over 110,000 copies. Type “retirement” into Amazon.com’s search feature and the number one listing overall is How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free — out of over 175,000 retirement books listed! This is a result of the word-of-mouth advertising that this book has generated.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Thank Heaven for Retirement! | 3 |
| 2 | Retirement: A Time to Become Much More than You Have Ever Been | 37 |
| 3 | So Many Worlds, So Much to Do! | 75 |
| 4 | Take Special Care of Yourself — Because No One Else Will! | 109 |
| 5 | Learning Is for Life | 131 |
| 6 | Your Wealth Is Where Your Friends Are | 141 |
| 7 | Travel for Fun, Adventure, and More | 165 |
| 8 | Relocate to Where Retirement Living Is Best | 183 |
| 9 | Happiness Doesn’t Care How You Get There | 191 |
Edition Notes
This Book is published by VIP BOOKS. It was originally distributed by Ten Speed Press, but is now distibuted by National Book Network, which necessitated a change in ISBN numbers. The ones listed are the current ones.
The Physical Object
Format |
Paperback |
Number of pages |
240 |
Dimensions |
9.7 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches |
Weight |
14.4 ounces |
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History Created April 30, 2008 · 30 revisions
| August 10, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
| April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
| April 14, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the edition. |
| April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Inital record created, from an amazon.com record. |