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Finally, Finally, Finally!
After 25 years of establishing itself as the "The World's Best Retirement Book" — based on three important metrics — the 25th Anniversary Updated Edition of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free has been published.
With it having sold over 475,000 copies, the original edition of HTRHW&F proved itself as an excellent book — but the new edition is far superior.
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From the Above Article in the Financial Post about HTRHW&F and Ernie Zelinski
"To be sure, retirement books are a glutted field, but most focus on money and financial planning. They view the finish line as the last day of employment. That's where Zelinski's begins."
— Jonathan Chevreau, Financial Post
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Who Is This Dude?
Ernie J. Zelinski is an international best-selling author, prosperity life coach, and unconventional career expert. Through his remarkable life-changing books, he has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals from all walks of life with their major career transitions and retirement planning.
To maintain his Soul, Style, and Swagger in his creative works, Ernie doesn't use generative AI.
Ernie’s 20 creative works — published in 22 languages in 29 countries — have sold over 1,125,000 copies worldwide.
His retirement bestsellers The Joy of NOT Working and How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free together have sold over 800,000 copies and have been featured in international media such as USA TODAY, Oakland Tribune, Financial Post, Boston Herald, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
In August 2026, Goodreads' retirement category ranked How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free as Number 1 out of 1,648 retirement books.
The Joy of NOT Working was ranked Number 11.
Ernie lives by the mantra he first introduced in his Life’s Secret Handbook and that he advocates for any of the university students winning any of his three annual "Ernie J. Zelinski Awards in Individual Creativity" either at the University of Alberta in Edmonton or Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
“Be a LEARNER First; become a MASTER Second; and remain a STUDENT Forever.”
He has been inspired most by these words of advice from one of his favorite authors:
"It is much more profitable to do subpar work on the right project than excellent work on the wrong project." — Robert Ringer
From these words, he created this personal adage by which he lives and prospers.
Do It Badly – But at Least Do It!
HOW TO RETIRE HAPPY, WILD, AND FREE
The 25th Anniversary Updated Edition
THE WORLD'S BEST RETIREMENT BOOK!
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that features The Get-a-Life Tree, an important retirement planning tool that shows you how to generate interesting and fulfilling activities to pursue in retirement. See Pages 84 to 89.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that shows you the importance of utilizing The EZ Rule of Life as an important concept to avoid boredom in retireement. See Page 19.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that teaches you how to develop an important element of happiness that the vast majority of billionaires and multi-millionaires will never have. See Page 214.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that advocates for early retirement and gives you the courage to retire early — in fact, the earlier the better. See Pages 22 to 27.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that helps you identify — and then overcome all the fears that you have about retirement. See Pages 15 to 17.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that utilizes cartoons, quotations, diagrams, inspiring stories, and letters from readers (of the original edition) to appeal to the many different learning styles that people have. READ THE WHOLE BOOK!
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that has been a perennial bestseller for 25 years in a market supersaturated with retirement books.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that identifies the importance of 3C Vision vs 3D Vision for experiencing a happy and fulfilling retirement. See Page 145.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that teaches you how to always get what you want in a split nanosecond in Zen-Like fashion — and why your absolute needs have always been provided for, and likely will be in retirement. See Pages 211 to 214.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that tells you why Today's Internet May Make You Dumber Instead of Smarter. See Page 144.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that exposes: "The 13 Dumbest Retirement Moves." See Page 196.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that teaches you How to Matter and Make a Big Difference in Your Retirement Without Having to Be Mother Teresa. See Pages 203 to 207.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that shows you why a small retirement home can hold more happiness than a large retirement home. See Page 193.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that tells you why it's "Better to Be Hated for Your Eccentricity Than to Be Loved for Your Mediocrity." See Page 199.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that reveals The Most Endearing and Enduring Legacy that you can leave to your family, friends, and the rest of the world — that costs the least amount of money. See Pages 226 to 229.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that stresses the importance of lifelong learning with “Be a LEARNER First; become a MASTER Second; and remain a STUDENT Forever”, which is the author's personal mantra first introduced in his Life's Secret Handbook. See Page 135.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that ranked Number 1 out of 1,648 retirement books in the Goodreads' retirement category in August 2026.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only retirement book that has been published in 11 languages — except for the author's signature book The Joy of NOT Working which has been published in 17 foreign languages.
♥ HTRHW&F is the only self-published retirement book that is distributed by Simon and Schuster — simply because it's The World's Best Retirement Book, which has proven itself by sellling over 475,000 copies in its original edition. READ THE WHOLE BOOK!
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