The Lazy Person's Guide to Success: How to Get What You Want Without Killing Yourself for It - Softcover

Ernie J. Zelinski is an international best-selling author, speaker, and prosperity life coach who inspires adventurous souls to create their own ways to live prosperous and free.

Ernie is best known as the author of the international bestsellers The Joy of Not Working (over 310,000 copies sold and published in seventeen languages) and How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free (over 390,000 copies sold and published in ten languages), two life-changing books that have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world live happier and more satisfying lives.
Ernie's latest retirement book is called The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks -- and Work Sucks!.
Ernie's core message -- that ordinary people can attain out-of-the-ordinary results and make a difference in this world -- is at the heart of his work. Ernie deeply believes in the powers of creativity and well-intentioned action -- instead of hard work -- as the most important elements for how ordinary individuals can attain extraordinary success and remarkable prosperity.
Ernie's 15 creative works -- published in 22 languages in 29 countries -- have now sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

Feature articles about Ernie and his books have appeared in major North American newspapers including USA TODAY, Oakland Tribune, Boston Herald, The Washington Post, Toronto Star, National Post, Vancouver Sun, and The Wall Street Journal.

Ernie's latest books include the inspirational novel Look Ma, Life's Easy: How Ordinary People Attain Extraordinary Success and Remarkable Prosperity and its companion Life's Secret Handbook: Reminders for Adventurous Souls Who Want to Make a Big Difference in This World.

Ernie speaks on the topics of early retirement, prosperity, book marketing, and creativity. The Turkish Society for Quality recently spent over $ 20,000 to have Ernie speak about The Joy of Not Working to 2,000 executives and scholars attending its 17th annual convention in Istanbul.

"Explains how anyone can become more creative, more productive, wealthier and happier by working less and thinking more."-Fort Worth Morning Star Telegram "Ernie Zelinski helps others find the time to live." -Boston Herald