You Don t need a Million to Retire Well. The foundation for this book, which was first published in 1996 and now in its third edition, is unique. Instead of starting with an imagined retirement and advising on how to accumulate the money deemed necessary, he interviewed real people who were clearly enjoying their retirement years. The result is an entirely different set of answers and priorities. Don t get me wrong.
Money is still important.
In interview after interview, the message Mr. Warner gets from happy retirees is that if you take care of the living of your life, the money part will pretty much take care of itself. Through a multitude of practical steps that have nothing to do with what Mr. Warner calls the retirement industry. For one thing, Warner believes we will need a lot less money in retirement than the retirement planners say. We can sell a large house for a smaller one. We can move from an expensive area to a less expensive area.