Get a Life: You Don't Need a Million to Retire Well - Softcover

Warner, Ralph

3.37

103 ratings by Goodreads

9780873373272: Get a Life: You Don't Need a Million to Retire Well

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873373278 ISBN 13: 9780873373272

Publisher: Nolo Press, 1996

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Warner takes on the financial service industry's maxim that to avoid financial destitution in old age, Americans need to put aside larger sums of money that they are currently doing. Warner also advises readers on a number of other ways to enjoy the retirement years, including maintaining good health, having friends and close family ties, and enjoying varied interests and activities. Illustrations.

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About the Author:

Ralph ""Jake"" Warner, a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, founded Nolo with Ed Sherman in 1971. Nolo began publishing do-it-yourself law books written by Jake and his colleagues after numerous publishers rejected them. When personal computers came along, he added software to many Nolo books. When the Internet arrived, he championed the move online, where Nolo published huge amounts of free legal information.
In addition to running Nolo for much of its first 40 years, Warner was an active editor and author. He wrote many books, including Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement and Save Your Small Business: 10 Crucial Strategies to Survive Hard Times or Close Down & Move On. Today, he operates a storytelling repertory group, Jake's Tales, devoted to keeping alive the tradition of telling children wonderful stories.
Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton.

Review:

""On my scale of one to 10, this great book rates an off-the-chart 12."" Robert Bruss ""Offers sound advice for achieving both financial success and developing areas of your life that will truly make a difference in retirement..."" Chicago Tribune""Some books slice through the media noise with clarity. Get a Life is one of them. Its author advises a life-enriching retirement plan."" Fort Worth Star-Telegram""If you're in your 40s or 50s and find yourself spending too much time worrying about how many hundreds of thousands (or millions) you will need to retire, I have a suggestion. Do what I did... Put in a rush order for [Warner's] book Get a Life."" Scott Burns, Houston Chronicle ""This inspirational book discusses how people can have a successful retirement without a lot of money as long as they have strong relationships, decent health and absorbing activities to keep them going."" Liz Pulliam Weston, Los Angeles Times""One of the best retirement books to come out in recent years... puts money and the other essentials of retirement life in its place."" Linda Stern, Reuters ""Those who really want to retire can figure out ways to live that will cut their expenses while enhancing their experience of life."" San Antonio Express-News ""Hard work and a lifetime of savings are the prescription for a good retirement, right? Think again..."" U.S. News & World Report

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