Ernie Zelinski ( http://www.erniezelinski.com/ ) is a world class author, innovator, and expert on work and leisure as well as the owner of VIP BOOKS ( http://www.vipbooks.us/Promotional-Giveaways.html )

Ernie Zelinski is the author of "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free" ( http://www.quintcareers.com/career_book_reviews/Retire_Happy.html ), the international bestseller (over 110,000 copies sold and published in 9 languages) that offers "Retirement Advice That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor".

An Amazon.com reviewer states that "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free ( http://www.amazon.com/How-Retire-Happy-Wild-Free/dp/096941949X/ ) is 'The World's Best Retirement Book.'" Indeed, type either "retirement" or "retire" into Amazon.com's search feature and "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor" appears in the #1 position — out of over 200,000 listings for retirement books!

Ernie Zelinski ( http://openlibrary.org/a/OL2838498A/Ernie_Zelinski ) , however, is best known as the author of "The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked". (See this book at http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Joy-of-Not-Working/Ernie-J-Zelinski/e/9781580085526/ ) This international bestseller, published in English by Ten Speed Press in Berkeley, California, has sold over 225,000 copies and has been published in 17 languages in 21 different countries (Soon 18 languages, with Bulgarian coming soon).

Ernie is also author of the unconventional "Career Success Without a Real Job: ( http://www.amazon.com/Career-Success-Without-Real-Job/dp/0969419473/ ) The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations", which was originally published as "Real Success Without a Real Job" and featured in the National Post ( http://www.nationalpost.com/ ) and Synchronicity Magazine.

Another of Ernie's works is "101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting".

Ernie Zelinski's books have now sold over 625,000 copies worldwide. Ernie has negotiated 107 book deals with publishers in 27 different countries for his 15 books.

He is presently transforming his "The 777 Best Things Ever Said about Money" (Japanese rights sold) and "Life's Secret Handbook for Having Great Friends" (French and Spanish rights sold) into Creative Free E-Books to be used as viral marketing tools for his other successful books.

Also look for the E-book "The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks (and Work Sucks)!". ( See at http://www.thejoyofbeingretired.com/ )

Ernie also will be publishing the 21st Century edition of "The Joy of Not Being Married: The Essential Guide for Singles (and Those Who Wish They Were)" as well as the inspirational fable "Look Ma; Life's Easy", which has already been published in 5 foreign languages, but not in English.

From Library Thing ( http://www.librarything.com/profile/vipbooks ), these are Ernie's 10 favorite Books:

1. The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
2. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. The Artists Way by Julia Cameron
5. Looking Out for Number 1 by Robert J. Ringer
6. The Little Prince
7. Illusions by Richard Bach
8. Living the 80/20 Way by Richard Koch
9. A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech
10. The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment by Thaddeus Golas

Ernie recently made a keynote speech about "The Joy of Not Working" to KalDer ( http://www.kalder.org/ ), the Turkish National Quality Organization, at their 17th Annual Congress in Istanbul.

Their annual congress brings together approximately 3,000 individuals from the Turkish business community, academics, students and journalists.

Here are some of Ernie's favorite quotes:

"Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you."
— Unknown Wise Person

If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from men who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done.
— Joseph Marshall Wade

The biggest trouble maker you will ever meet watches you shave or
put makeup on your face in the mirror every morning.
— Unknown Wise Person

"Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating
that you know it."
— From Illusions by Richard Bach

It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming and energy consuming. It is easier to raise $10,000,000 than it is $1,000,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.
— Timothy Ferriss

"No one can solve problems for someone whose problem is that they
don't want problems solved."
— From "One" By Richard Bach

Here are some of Ernies Zelinski's ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/vipbooks ) retirement websites:

The Retirement Quotes Cafe ( http://www.retirement-quotes.com/ )

The Retirement Cafe ( http://www.retirement-cafe.com/ )

How to Retire Happy Website ( http://www.how-to-retire-happy.com/ )