Live Long and Prosper Invest in Your Happiness, Health and Wealth for Retirement and Beyond

by Vernon, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780471683445
• ISBN10: 0471683442
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-06
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE In Live Long and Prosper!, Steve Vernon unveils a new way of thinking that will truly help you live a more happy, healthy, and prosperous life. Based on the latest research and planning strategies typically reserved for large corporations, it will help you answer these important questions: Do you have enough money to retire? How can you manage your income and expenses so you don't outlive your 401(k) balances? How can you invest in your health, so that you won't be wiped out by large medical expenses and are able to live a long, comfortable, and productive life? What can you expect from Social Security and Medicare? What's the best work/life balance for prosperity and fulfillment? Live Long and Prosper! will help you move beyond the traditional view of retirement and begin planning for the rest of your life.

Author Biography

STEVE VERNON is a Vice President of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, one of the largest human resources consulting firms, with eighty-eight offices in thirty-one countries. For thirty years, he has helped some of America's largest corporations design, finance, administer, and communicate their retirement programs. For more information, visit www.restoflife.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
SECTION ONE: PERSPECTIVES FOR REST-OF-LIFE	15	(66)
CHAPTER 1 Trends-The Past and Future of Retirement	17	(18)
CHAPTER 2 How Long Will We Live?	35	(10)
CHAPTER 3 What Do We Really Want?	45	(15)
CHAPTER 4 What, Me Work?	60	(16)
CHAPTER 5 What Should I Do?	76	(5)
SECTION TWO: HEALTHY INTEREST	81	(46)
CHAPTER 6 Healthy Fear	83	(14)
CHAPTER 7 Take Care	97	(10)
CHAPTER 8 Just in Case	107	(20)
SECTION THREE: MONEY MATTERS	127	(240)
CHAPTER 9 How Much Is Enough?	129	(11)
CHAPTER 10 Don't Die Broke!	140	(17)
CHAPTER 11 Which Investments Should I Use?	157	(36)
CHAPTER 12 Where Should I Invest My Money?	193	(30)
CHAPTER 13 Uncle Sam Wants to Help-Sorta	223	(15)
CHAPTER 14 Social Security, or Insecurity?	238	(21)
CHAPTER 15 Getting the Most from My Pension Benefits	259	(16)
CHAPTER 16 Squeezing the Last Drop	275	(8)
CHAPTER 17 What, Me Work?-Revisited	283	(12)
CHAPTER 18 Let's Spend Our Money!	295	(20)
CHAPTER 19 Answering the Three Big Questions-Examples, Tools, and Templates	315	(40)
CHAPTER 20 Answering the Three Big Questions-Observations and Strategies	355	(12)
SECTION FOUR: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER	367	(18)
CHAPTER 21 Ya Gotta Wanna	368	(13)
CHAPTER 22 The Twenty-First-Century Model for Our Rest-of-Life	381	(4)
Epilogue	385	(6)
Index	391	(10)
About the Author	401