What Color Is Your Parachute? for Retirement, Second Edition: Planning a Prosper [Paperback]

Plan Now for the Life You Want

Today’s economic realities have reset our expectations of what retirement is, yet there’s still the promise for what it can be: a life stage filled with more freedom and potential than ever before. Given the new normal, how do you plan for a future filled with prosperity, health, and happiness? As a companion toWhat Color Is Your Parachute?, the world’s best-selling career book,What Color Is Your Parachute? for Retirementoffers both a holistic, big-picture look at these years as well as practical tools and exercises to help you build a life full of security, vitality, and community.

This second edition contains updates throughout, including a section on Social Security, an in-depth exercise on values and how they inform your retirement map, and the one-of-a-kind resource for organizing the sea of information on finances and mental and physical health: the Retirement Well-Being Profile. More than a guide on where to live, how to stay active, or which investments to choose,What Color Is Your Parachute? for Retirementhelps you develop a detailed picture of your ideal retirement, so that—whether you’re planning retirement or are there already—you can take a comprehensive approach to make the most of these vital years.Preface . . . . . viii
What to Expect from This New Edition . . . . . xii

Chapter ONE       
Retirement Is Dead—Long Live Retirement!     1
The retirement we knew is disappearing. Do you want a finish line or a marker on your journey? Ten ways to customize your transition.

Chapter TWO
The Retirement You’ve Always Wanted but Forgot About     23
What we all want in life. Six fields of knowledge that support well-being.
What are the elements of your ideal retirement?

Chapter THREE
The Life You Can Live (Right Now)
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