John Nelson wrote this volune with the assistance and blessing of Richard Nelson Bolles, author of “What Color is Your Parachute?” one of the best-selling career books ever published–and John’s contribution is one of the most thoughtful and informative retirement books I’ve run across.

Nelson is finishing his Ph.D. in adult education at the University of Wisconsin but his real focus is retirement education. The book describes a valuable overall model for thinking about retirement planning that he calls the Retirement Well-Being Model.

His model addresses a wide range of financial, emotional and health needs. But one of his most provocative notions is that we need to envision and plan for the body we want to have in later life.

In Nelson’s retirement model, there are several components contributing to overall health. Two key factors are genetics and medicine-that is, the doctors, medicines, procedures and whatever interventions people may need as they age.

I’ve posted a couple of video interviews with John that I conducted in December, 2007: http://clients.oxid8.com/rr/video/john-nelson-on-retirement-hogwash and Planning Your Dream Body for Retirement.

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