Ready or Not: Your Retirement Planning Guide

Manpower Education Institute celebrates its 30th Anniversary of Ready or Not with the 2003 edition of Ready or Not, the successful retirement planning book which helps make the retirement years the most rewarding time of your life.

This user friendly book, updated each year, emphasizes the importance of planning for the future and helps you to prepare now for a fulfilling and enjoyable retirement. Ready or Not offers the big picture of what to expect, how to manage your time, legal affairs, new career, or part-time employment after full, early, or partial retirement.

Ready or Not has 15 separate chapters covering such topics as financial planning, Social Security, legal matters, health, consumer education, post retirement earning, volunteer efforts, where to live, and grandparenting, while covering the spectrum of other concerns for those planning for their years in retirement. Also important is the hotline information, listing many toll free numbers and web sites to all for support about some of the issues affection retirees. Points of emphasis are boxed and highlighted throughout the book.

Manpower Education Institute, a non-profit foundation chartered by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York, publishes this invaluable resource for making sound retirement decisions and offers creative suggestions for remaining active, involved, and energetic in the years to follow.

" Ready or Not is the best publication to help our members prepare for adjustments of retirement.It is enlightening." -- Bonnie Miller-Suncoast Federal Credit Union

"Ready or Not has practical insights into retirement–It has been helpful to our members." -- John T. Joyce-International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers

"Ready or Not is a fantastic resource. It's been usedin our Planning For The Future seminars at Clemson University." -- Frances C. Holliday-Human Resources Manager, Clemson University