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 How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor :: 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. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
If you want a nuts and bolts FINANCIAL guide to retirement, you won't find it here.
But if you want a so-much-more-than-nuts-and-bolts guide to designing a retirment that makes you happy, content, and yes, even wild and free, then Zelinski's down to earth advice will uplift and inspire you to retire as soon as possible!
Easy reading with a positive message. Recommended!
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Author: Guest
This book enhances the idea that retirement is a time to "become much more than you have ever been." It's a practical book, based on the theories that Zelinski has been developing since he semi-retired at the age of 30.
One of the best things about the book is his "Get-a-Life Tree." Using a basic brainstorming technique, Zelinski has expanded it to a useful tool for those who have no idea what they want to do when they retire. That suggestion alone is worth the purchase price of the book.
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Author: Guest
I was looking for just this kind of book. Most retirement books are talking about money,and selling you something, this book talks about your life. I am a nervous Nellie when it comes to change or decisions. I research till I know the topic as well as I can and then make my decision.
I saw myself in so many discriptions in the book. I was a workaholic. I now know better and I am trying to change my thinking about work and leisure. I have taken more time off this year than last year to date and plan a lot more days off. I thought my world would fall apart if I did this. It hasn't fallen apart-matter of fact work has gone along just fine without me! This is something of a shock. All those extra hours were a waste of time, my time! I still have a lot of work to do on learning to find my life and live it "Wild and Free", but I am making some progress.
This book made me think about retirement and life in a whole new way. The humor, quotes and exercises helped me understand my possibilities better. I am retiring next summer and moving on to the rest of my life and looking forward to it. Thank you Mr.Zelinski!
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Author: Guest
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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Author: Guest
My wife and I are preparing for retirement in our mid-fifties -- twelve years from now. (Yes, we like to start planning early.) The title and summary on Amazon intrigued me so I purchased this one along with some other books that specialize in the non-financial aspects of retirement. This book is, unfortunately, not of the caliber we experienced in our other finds. It is poorly written to the point of being frustrating in its redundancy -- so much so that my wife stopped reading it after getting halfway through. The book does have one redeeming feature: the author has a very good idea on building an interest tree of what you'd like to do with your future free time. This idea is probably worth the price of the book, but don't bother to read anything other than that chapter.
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