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What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement Planning a Prosperous, Healthy, and Happy Future

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ISBN-10: 158008205X

ISBN-13: 9781580082051

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: John E. Nelson, Richard N. Bolles

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List price: $19.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Publication date: 7/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

JOHN E. NELSON is an independent retirement planning researcher, writer, and speaker. He's completing a PhD at the University of Wisconsin and is a certified retirement counselor and an accredited investment fiduciary. He lives in Verona, Wisconsin. RICHARD NELSON BOLLES is the best-selling author of WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? and has been a leader in the career development field for more than 35 years. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Carol McClelland, PhD, consults with people in transition, helping them create careers that combine their passions with their desired lifestyles and personal values.

Preface
What to Expect from This New Edition
Retirement Is Dead-Long Live Retirement!
The retirement we knew is disappearing. Do you want a finish line or a marker on your journey? Ten ways to customize your transition.
The Retirement You've Always Wanted but Forgot About
What we all want in life. Six fields of knowledge that support well-being.
What are the elements of your ideal retirement?
The Life You Can Live (Right Now)
How we make big life decisions. Are you buying a "lifestyle" or creating a life?
Ten steps to activate your core values.
Retirement Economics Is More Than Personal Finance
A family approach to retirement economics. The original pyramid scheme.
Your three-legged stool is wobbly. The spending-saving seesaw.
A New Approach to Retirement Security
Five pillars are better than three legs. How to use automatic systems for saving, investing, and income. Where to find a fiduciary advisor.
The Nature of Space and Time
Four layers of retirement geography. Is your dream home a nightmare? Calling it a community doesn't make it one. Your essential region.
Medicine-Who's in Charge?
How much medicine will you buy? Your medical philosophy, and what it costs.
Choose medical relationships before you need them.
Health from the Inside Out
Our biology plus medicine equals health. What's your biological age? The longevity class reunion. Three practices for biological vitality.
A New Chapter in Psychology
Are you trying to fix your weaknesses? Three paths to happiness. Staying engaged in work-and retirement, too! Your greatest strengths.
Happiness Is Only Real When Shared
Work connections wither and die. Build relationships in advance. Your three levels of social connection. Retirement with that special someone.
The New Retirement-an Undivided Life
Connect your life circles for well-being. Do you have a calling? Don't wait for retirement-start living your ideal life now!
Appendix: The Retirement Well-Being Profile
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors