New York Times
Career Couch — When Retirement Collides With Reality
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Q. Retirement is around the corner, and although you are fairly well prepared for it financially, you are starting to wonder what you will do with all that free time. How can you prepare for this new stage of life?
A. By focusing on your life as carefully as you have focused on your money. It is wise to do this before you stop working, because your idea of retirement may well be based on assumptions that are unrealistic, outdated and very short term, said John R. Trauth, a financial and strategic consultant for retirees, based in San Francisco, and co-author of the book "Your Retirement, Your Way" (McGraw-Hill).
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Start Your Retirement Planning Early
It's one of those things most of us don't think about until we get much older. But Alan Bernstein, author of "Your Retirement, Your Way," says retirement planning should start as early as age 30. Watch Maurice DuBois' interview.
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Retirement is not just about money. John Trauth, co-author of "Your Retirement, Your Way" explains why psychological and strategic preparation is just as important. Watch John's interview on Sacramento's ABC affiliate KXTV
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Mark Wayne
"Having Mr. Alan Bernstein on the show was both fun and informative. In fact, so much so that we did it twice. The information in the book, "Your Retirement, Your Way" reveals retirement as a gateway to a new phase of life to be explored, and gives you the tools and maps to take you through the experience. This book helps relieve any initial guilt feelings you may have and shows how to navigate through what otherwise may seem like a maze.
Motley Fool
Your Best Retirement Might Be Phased
by Selena Maranjian
Once you start retirement, you might do it gradually. In the book, "Your Retirement, Your Way," Alan Bernstein and John Trauth argue that phased retirements can serve both retirees and businesses as well."
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Whether Aiming to Retire at 45 or 65, Steps Need to Be Taken NOW
By Donna Fuscaldo, FOXBusiness
Every member of the working class has that number -- the ideal age at which they would retire in a perfect world. Whether it's age 45 or 65, financial planners and retirement experts say there are steps you need to take now to ensure you live a comfortable life when you do get around to retiring.
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Special New Years Edition — Five New Years Resolutions for Your Retirement
John Trauth and Alan Bernstein
The beginning of a new year is the traditional time to gaze into that proverbial crystal ball and make your New Years resolutions. And hey, this time you are really going to keep them, right? It's not going to be the old, "In one year and out the other!" No way. Not you. And in 2008, you really will stop your ten-year spending spree. Good for you! If the US economy collapses as a result, there's always Aunt Gertrude in Germany who will take you in.
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Never Too Late!
Retirement Planning: Looking Beyond the Money:
By Marlys Marshall Styne
A Review of Your Retirement, Your Way, by Alan Bernstein and John Trauth (McGraw Hill, 2007)
It seems to me--and I admit the possibility that I may be wrong--that when I retired back around the turn of the century (1999, to be exact), retirement planning books were mostly about money. Yes, financial planning is very important, but it always seemed to me that by the time you reach retirement, you've done it or you haven't. I'd planned in my own conservative way, so I never read those books.
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10 New Years Resolutions for Your Retirement
John Trauth and Alan Bernstein
The beginning of a new year is the traditional time to gaze into that proverbial crystal ball and make your New Years resolutions. And hey, this time you are really going to keep them, right? No question about that. And this year, you really will stop your ten-year spending spree. Good for you! If the US economy collapses as a result, there's always Aunt Edna in Germany who will take you in.
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What colour is your retirement?
Personality test divides people into four post-work lifestyles
Edmonton Journal
Jonathan Chevreau, Financial Post
As Boomers get serious about retirement, they will have to come to terms with planning life's softer goals as well as the financial side.
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Retire Smart
Are you ready to take the retirement quiz?
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.
Humberto and Georgina Cruz, Tribune Media Services
We are so totally ready. To live our dreams in retirement, that is.
No surprise to us, but we hit the top of the "readiness scale" in a 20-question online retirement readiness quiz at www.yourretirementyourway.com. Results range from "not ready; time to start getting ready" to "ready, only fine-tuning necessary."
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Press Release
Ready to Retire?
Retirement Readiness Quiz Explains Why it Takes More than Money to Live a Dream
The Retirement Readiness Quiz, from the new book "Your Retirement, Your Way" by Alan Bernstein and John Trauth, helps anyone identify some of the areas they may need to work on in order to achieve their dream of a happy and fulfilling retirement.
New York, NY (PRWeb)-- "Your Retirement, Your Way: Why it Takes More Than Money to Live Your Dream," by Alan Bernstein and John Trauth (McGraw-Hill) is fast becoming one of the most popular books on retirement available. Written by a psychotherapist and a management consultant, its revolutionary retirement planning approach combines a powerful self-assessment system based on the Birkman Method¨--a personality assessment system used by companies and government agencies worldwide--with sophisticated financial planning tools and step-by-step guidelines that allow readers to:
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Layoffs Force Workers to Reinvent Themselves; New Book Provides Solutions
Auto industry downsizing has thousands of workers searching for a new life or hastily preparing for an early retirement.
New York, NY (PRWEB) -- The American automotive industry is seriously downsizing. Ford recently announced that 30,000 of its hourly employees will be accepting early retirement packages. This is in addition to 50,000 GM employees who have recently taken similar "early out" offers. What will these people do? Many of them are 10 to 15 years away from traditional retirement age. Some of the packages include retraining opportunities. But how will these people know what to study or where to look for their next job? The answer is probably not in the automotive industry. So how will they go about intelligently reinventing themselves?
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RETIRE SMART
Lifestyle issues deserve emphasis in planning
The Columbus Dispatch
HUMBERTO & GEORGINA CRUZ
We are so ready. To live our dreams in retirement, that is.
No surprise to us, but we hit the top of the "readiness scale" in a 20-question online retirement readiness quiz at www.yourretirementyourway. com. Results range from "not ready," "time to start getting ready" to "ready, only finetuning necessary."
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