Done right, retirement can be the best phase of your life….bar none. Not just the best of a bad job…the best time of your entire time on the planet.

  But done badly it can become a living nightmare, no matter how big that pension pot you’ve been building, no matter how fit and healthy you are,  no matter how grand and well-thought-out you think your plans for the future are.

   What I built with the help of the insight they provided, was a roadmap…a roadmap etched from the experience of people who had already done the route. I learned about the freeways that make everything effortless, the toll roads that ease the way for a small cost, and the hidden back routes which are fun and rewarding to take.

   I also learned about the myriad roadblocks, cul-de-sacs and pot holes which lay in wait for the unwary on this exciting but hazardous adventure…and how to swerve around them.

  And I put everything I learned into a brand new book,  which I’ve co-written with John Harrison at Streetwise Publications.

  John is a successful entrepreneur who has mentored hundreds of people of all ages to personal and financial success over the past 30 years, and he was keen to be involved in helping people make the most of this exciting phase of their lives.

  In his own words…”This May Be My Most Important Book Yet.”

 It’s released today. And as a customer of Streetwise Publications, you are one of the first to hear about it. It’s called The KickAss Retirement Handbook – What Everyone Needs To Know About Creating A Sensational Retirement…Before It’s Too Late.

   Here are just a few of the things I learned while researching it, and which we’re  now going to share with you…

• Why one seemingly insignificant decision in your very first month of retirement predicts how the next twenty years will play out. (Scary, but true.)
  
  
• What nobody tells you about life after work…even while it’s happening to them.
  
  
• The invisible danger zone most retirees drift into by accident – and how to escape it fast.
  
  
• The simple three-word phrase that instantly tells you whether you’re making a cool evolution…or just getting older.
  
  
• What happens to your brain chemistry when the alarm clock stops ringing – and how to hack it back to start working in your favour again.
  
  
• Why so many smart people feel just ‘wrong’ after retiring…and the counter-intuitive move that fixes it overnight.
  
  
• The ten-minute ‘weird but wonderful’ ritual shared by the happiest retirees I interviewed (and no, it’s not exercise or meditation).
  
  
• The real danger of ‘running out’  in retirement and it’s got nothing to do with money.
  
  
• The forgotten skill that makes retirees more confident, interesting and alive…you had it once…here’s how you can get it back instantly.
  
  
• Why money stops buying happiness the day you stop working for it…and how to get that same dopamine rush for free!
  
  
• How much money you really need in retirement…the answer will probably shock you.
  
  
• The powerful re-frame that flips any negative thoughts on their head and working in your favour.
  
  
• The five mindset phases every retiree passes through…and how to skip the one that messes people up the most.
  
  
• Why you’ll start to feel invisible within weeks of leaving work… and the simple fix that brings you back into sharp focus.
  
  
• The single most important word for any retiree…but most don’t find out until it’s too late.
  
  
• The one-minute rule that instantly turns an aimless day into one that leaves you feeling energised and enthusiastic.
  
  
• How to design mornings that actually make you want to jump out of bed and seize the day again…but without the pressure or the deadlines!
  
  
• The hidden danger of ‘keeping busy’….why you shouldn’t do it…and why it’s often the biggest retirement trap of all.
  
  
• How to earn serious extra cash in retirement without stress, schedules, or bosses. Twenty ideas to get you started.
  
  
• The ‘mirror test’ that shows whether you’re really living… or just existing.
  
  
• The Top 10 things most retirees get wrong and how to avoid them.
  
  
• The Top 10 things retirees get right…and how to copy them.
  
  
• The simple (but usually hidden) secret shared by every person who told me, “These are the best years of my life – and I mean it.”

…Plus 100 bonus projects and ideas to experience, experiment with and try out you’ve probably never even considered.

  Look, this book probably isn’t for everyone. If you’re content to ‘bumble along’, watching daytime TV, going on the odd holiday….letting the world pass by while leaving you in its wake, this won’t be for you.

  But if you want more than that from the next twenty or thirty years (or however long you have left on this planet) then I’d urge you to take a look today.