The bestselling author of You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think and host of Money Matters reveals the 10 essential habits for a rich, rewarding, and blissful retirement. What does it take to have a truly happy retirement? Is it money? A mortgage-free home? An active social life? A long-lasting marriage—or maybe a new one? Finance expert, author, and radio host Wes Moss asked more than 2,000 of the nation’s happiest retirees to find out—and their answers may surprise you. Through a series of revealing surveys, Moss noticed a pattern of distinct, recognizable habits that the happiest retirees shared, from the simplest of lifestyle choices to the smartest of financial strategies. These are the kinds of habits anyone can develop—the perfect road map to a healthy, secure, and joyful retirement—sooner. Whether you’re already retired or just starting to make plans, these 10 simple actions and attitudes can make a profound difference in every aspect of your life. The book is packed with hard-won wisdom and invaluable advice on how to make little changes now that will have the biggest impact later. It’s filled with proven ways to develop smarter habits with: Money (“Think river, not reservoir”); Family (“Get your kids off your payroll”); Housing (“Live mortgage-free”); Investing (“Be a tomorrow investor”); Spending (“Be pound wise—so you can be penny foolish”); and much more. With these 10 transformational habits, you can stop obsessing over money, stay socially connected, and start enjoying your new life—as the happiest retiree on the block.

What if a happier life was only a few simple choices away? A successful entrepreneur living in Southern California, Scott Rieckens had built a “dream life”: a happy marriage, a two-year-old daughter, a membership to a boat club, and a BMW in the driveway. But underneath the surface, Scott was creatively stifled, depressed, and overworked trying to help pay for his family’s beach-town lifestyle. Then one day, Scott listened to a podcast interview that changed everything. Five months later, he had quit his job, convinced his family to leave their home, and cut their expenses in half. Follow Scott and his family as they devote everything to FIRE (financial independence retire early), a subculture obsessed with maximizing wealth and happiness. Filled with inspiring case studies and powerful advice, Playing with FIRE is one family’s journey to acquire the one thing that money can’t buy: a simpler — and happier — life. Based on the documentary

The most important thing you can do as a retiree, or if you are thinking about retirement, is to develop a well-educated retirement and income plan. Even with the risks of market volatility, longevity, taxes, and unforeseen costs, a correct understanding of how to develop an investment and income strategy can help you face your future with confidence. Income for Life is your guide to converting your retirement savings to income. Drawing on forty years of combined experience in wealth management, Joseph DiSalvo and Marie Madarasz give you a straightforward education in the basics, along with practical exercises, to make sure you're prepared for retirement: from setting goals and budgets, to mitigating risk, ensuring steady and predictable income, how best to seek professional help, and more. Your retirement awaits. Learn to plan for your income in retirement today, and be prepared for whatever tomorrow brings.

Retirement and good living Are you getting ready to simplify life and move from the world of work to a life of retirement and good living ─ to enter a happy retirement? Retirement and good living: The author of Purposeful Retirement, Hyrum W. Smith, is one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner, the former Chairman and CEO of Franklin Covey Co., and the recognized “Father of Time Management”. In this book, Hyram shows you how you can move from your world of work, simplify life and enter what can be the most satisfying phase of your life ─ a new world of purposeful retirement and good living. Aging well and a happy retirement: You have had a successful career by almost all measures and now you are concerned about aging well and looking toward a happy retirement. You are definitely not a couch potato. • How are you going to create a retirement that is meaningful and inspiring for your second act? • Can you simplify life? • Is there a way to make intelligent and anxiety free retirement planning choices? • Can you learn from the lives and experiences of people who have found their pathway to happy retirement? • What are their secrets to aging well and a happy retirement? Retirement guide: For four decades, Hyrum W. Smith has been empowering people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. An award winning author, distinguished speaker, and successful businessman, Hyrum offers a tested and actionable retirement guide to finding that perfect retirement niche. In his book, Hyrum enables you to map the step-by-step route to a retirement that is not just enjoyable but is also deeply fulfilling on a personal level. Welcome to your new life of retirement and good living: This distinguished author, speaker, and businessman combines wit and enthusiasm with a gift for communicating compelling principles that inspire lasting personal change. Hyrum shares a lifetime of wisdom in this powerful retirement guide to discovering your true passion, re-imagining your life, and trying new possibilities. Welcome to a new life of retirement and good living ─ to a purposeful retirement.

It's fun to dream about where you'll retire. Without a job tying you down, why not relocate to a place more to your liking?Perhaps you want to live someplace warmer, closer to the water, or where the pace of life is slower. Maybe you want to stretch your retirement dollars by living where the cost of living or taxes are lower. You might even be thinking of retiring in another country or spending your retirement in an RV or on a cruise ship.With so much to consider, choosing the place that's right for you can quickly become overwhelming.The Quest for Retirement Utopia covers all the possibilities and help you cut through all of the daunting and often conflicting information. This book will help you clarify what factors are most important to you and suggest some considerations that you may not have thought of. It will suggest new possibilities for where and how you might retire. It will help you evaluate each place realistically and dissuade you from making a poor choice. And it will provide you with the resources you need to properly evaluate the places you are thinking about retiring so that you can make the most informed choice.The Quest for Retirement Utopia is not just a quest for the most beautiful or most economically advantageous place, it's a quest for the place where you can live an optimal, fulfilling, and wonderful life.The Quest for Retirement Utopia will help you find the retirement spot that's right for you!Dave Hughes is a leading authority on retirement lifestyle planning. He writes about the non-financial aspects of planning for and living a happy, healthy, and fulfilling retirement on his website RetireFabulously.com.Dave has contributed articles to U.S. News, Next Avenue, and lgbtSr.org, among others. His previous book is Design Your Dream Retirement: How to Envision, Plan For, and Enjoy the Best Retirement Possible.

"Retirement Domination is the powerful, personal story of Tom Jacobs' journey to solving the retirement crisis that exists in America.The book starts with the painful personal life experience of watching his parents lose their retirement and standard of living. At that time, Tom was powerless to do anything about it because he was not yet armed with the information within this book.After watching his parents go through this disaster, he became passionate about finding a better way to help people secure their retirement and grow their wealth.Tom takes us on his journey to discovering the truth about what makes a successful retirement.Retirement Domination means having the peace of mind that your money will last as long as you live.He doesn't want you to live a meager, worrisome, frustrated existence in your golden years. He wants you to Dominate Your Retirement!"