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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:
- Better understand their interests,
style and motivational needs
- Define their ideal retirement
environment
- Determine where they are now,
financially, and where they want to be
- Map out a solid plan for realizing
their dreams in the shortest time possible
Below you will find a portion of
the Your Retirement, Your Way Retirement Readiness quiz
--which can be taken at www.yourretirementyourway.com This
simple quiz can help anyone identify some of the areas they
may need to work on in order to achieve their dream of a
happy and fulfilling retirement.
John Trauth and Alan Bernstein are
available for interviews by phone or from New York and San
Francisco. The Retirement Readiness quiz is 20 multiple
choice questions. Answer each question, unless instructed
otherwise. For each question, read all the possible responses
first and then choose the one response that is closest to
your own situation. There is no one right answer and it
is possible that you may fit into more than one category.
If so, choose the one that best describes you. To obtain
a score, visit the "Your Retirement, Your Way" website www.yourretirementyourway.com
1. Which of these situations is closest to your current
vision of your retirement?
A.
I plan to take longer vacations, but also continue to be
involved in some type of professional or community activity.
B. I am dreading retirement,
so I am giving it as little thought as possible.
C. I have a clear idea
of my retirement lifestyle, which will be a balance of a
number of activities, and I could write it down right now
if you asked me to.
D. My retirement will
be a perpetual vacation where I will do whatever I want
to do.
E. Retirement will give
me the chance to do things that I have always wanted to
do but never had time for while I was working.
2. What thoughts have you given to planning your transition
to retirement?
A.
My transition will be relatively easy. After I leave, others
will have to take over my responsibilities.
B. I have begun to think
about how I will rearrange my life and transfer my responsibilities
to others, but I have a lot more to do.
C. I am just counting
the days until it happens.
D. I have made a specific
retirement transition plan, shared it with those who matter,
and gotten buy-in.
E. I have talked with
my boss/associates, my spouse/life partner (if any), family
and friends about my retirement transition and gotten their
initial feedback.
3. What do you feel you want
to accomplish in retirement?
A.
I have some specific goals in retirement that I would like
to pursue.
B. I have already accomplished
a lot. Now I just want to kick back.
C. I want to wait and
see what comes up that might interest me.
D. I have a specific
plan for my retirement, with goals, objectives, strategies
and timelines for accomplishment.
E. I want to explore
some interests that I had when I was younger.
4. What activities associated
with your profession do you plan to continue in retirement,
if any?
A.
I plan to volunteer in areas where I can apply my professional
and/or life skills, and try to make a difference.
B. I hope to start over
in an entirely new field.
C. None. I will be done
with all of that. I just want to kick back.
D. I plan to continue
to work, gradually scaling back and adding in other things
that interest me.
E. I plan to continue
to work part-time, or otherwise contribute to my profession,
using the skills I have already developed.
5. How do you plan to spend your time, day-to-day, in
retirement?
A.
I have a general idea of how I want to spend my time,
but I don't have a specific plan.
B. I have not given this
much thought, and I am just going to "go with the flow."
C. I have thought about
this in the abstract. The details will come later.
D. I have thought about
this subject in detail and have made a plan for reorganizing
my time to help me accomplish my retirement goals.
E. I have done some time
management exercises to help predict how I will spend my
time in retirement.
...the full quiz is available for reprint at www.yourretirementyourway.com
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