How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free offers inspirational advice on how to enjoy life to its fullest. The key to achieving an active and satisfying retirement involves a great deal more than having adequate financial resources; it also encompasses all other aspects of life -- interesting leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical well-being, mental well-being, and solid social support.
World-class author and innovator Ernie J. Zelinski guides 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 you retirement goals -- including where you want to live.
- Above all, make you retirement years the best time of your life.
What sets this retirement book apart from all the others is its holistic approach to the fears, hopes, and dreams that people have about retirement. This international bestseller (over 110,000 copies sold in its first edition) goes way beyond the numbers that is often the main focus of retirement planning in most retirement books.
There are many ingredients of a happy retirement and several retirement planning tools that help retirees plan for their retirement in new and more meaningful ways. One of the most powerful tools is The Get-a-Life Tree that you won't find in any other retirement books.
In short, the retirement wisdom in this book will prove to be much more important than how much money you have saved. How to Retire Happy Wild, and Free helps readers create an active, satisfying, and happy retirement in a way such that they don't need a million dollars to retire.
Ernie J. Zelinski is an international best-selling author, speaker, and prosperity life coach. Through his life-changing books, he inspires adventurous souls to live prosperous and free while making a big difference in this world.
Ernie is the author of three true international bestsellers. His signature book The Joy of Not Working has now sold over 310,000 copies and has been published in 17 foreign languages. His flagship book How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free has sold over 400,000 copies and has been published in 10 languages. Ernie's third international bestseller The Lazy Person's Guide to Success has sold over 110,000 copies and has been published in 11 foreign languages. These three life-changing books have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals live more satisfying and happier lives.
Ernie has negotiated over 117 book deals with publishers in 29 countries for his 17 books - which have now sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide and have been published in 22 languages. His latest book is The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks - and Work Sucks!.
Feature articles about Ernie and his books have appeared in major North American newspapers including USA TODAY, Boston Herald, The Washington Post, Toronto Star, and The Wall Street Journal.
Ernie's other recent books include Look Ma, Life's Easy: How Ordinary People Attain Extraordinary Success and Remarkable Prosperity and its companion Life's Secret Handbook: Reminders for Adventurous Souls Who Want to Make a Big Difference in This World.
Ernie speaks on the topics of early retirement, prosperity, book marketing, and creativity. The Turkish Society for Quality recently spent over $20,000 to have Ernie speak about The Joy of Not Working to 2,000 executives and scholars attending its 17th annual convention in Istanbul. Ernie also made a keynote speech about The Joy of Not Working to 1,200 career experts at the National Career Development Association convention in Orlando, Florida in June 2017.
