World Class Author, Innovator, Professional Speaker, and Unconventional Career Expert
Edmonton, Canada Area
- Current
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- Owner at Global Creative Solutions
- Past
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- President at Creative Loafers International
- Project Engineer at EPCOR
- Education
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- University of Alberta
- University of Alberta
- Dr. Swift High
- Connections
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- Industry
- Publishing
- Websites
Ernie Zelinski’s Summary
Ernie J. Zelinski is an international best-selling author, professional speaker, innovator, independent publisher, and unconventional career expert.
Ernie is an authority on the topics of early retirement, solo-entrepreneurship, book marketing, and applying creativity to business and leisure.
KalDer, The National Turkish Society for Quality, recently spent over $20,000 to bring Ernie to their 17th annual convention in Istanbul to speak about "The Joy of Not Working" to over 2,000 executives, scholars, and students.
Ernie is the author of the international bestseller 'How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor" which has sold over 110,000 copies and has been published in 9 languages.
Ernie's latest creative work is "The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks (and Work Sucks)", which is designed to be a traditional book, a calender, and a digital book for ipods, etc.
Ernie is best known as the author of "The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked". This international bestseller has sold over 225,000 copies and has been published in 17 languages.
Ernie is also author of the unconventional career book "Career Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations".
Ernie's Books have now sold over 625,000 copies worldwide
Feature articles about Ernie Zelinski and his books have appeared in major newspapers including USA TODAY, Oakland Tribune, Boston Herald, The Washington Post, National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, and Toronto Star.
Ernie has a B.Sc. in Engineering and an MBA from the University of Alberta.
Blogs and Websites:
www.how-to-retire-happy.com
www.retirement-quotes.com
www.thejoyofnotworking.com
http://bestretirementquotes.blogspot.com/
http://morganjamespublishing.ning.com/profile/ErnieZelinski
http://www.redroom.com/author/ernie-j-zelinski
Ernie Zelinski’s Specialties:
* International Best-Selling Author —
Books have sold 625,000 copies
* Publishing
* Foreign Book Rights Sales — 101 book deals in 27 countries
* Public Speaking
* Solo-Entrepreneurship — "Secure Career" Not Part of My Vocabulary
* Living the 80/20 Way — Working 4 Hours a Day and Still Earning a Great Living
* World's #1 Corporate Escape Artist
* Wearing a "Corporate Employment Is So Last Year" T-shirt with Pride
* World Class Leisureologist — Leave the Relaxing to Me!
Ernie Zelinski’s Experience
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Owner
Global Creative Solutions
(Program Development industry)
January 1997 — Present (12 years 11 months)
President and Owner
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President
Creative Loafers International
(Entertainment industry)
October 1980 — August 2008 (27 years 11 months)
Enjoying Life for all it is worth.
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Project Engineer
EPCOR
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Utilities industry)
June 1975 — October 1980 (5 years 5 months)
Contract Administration, Supervision of Contractors, and a lot of boring things that Engineers do.
Ernie Zelinski’s Education
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University of Alberta
MBA , Businesss , 1983 — 1986
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University of Alberta
B.Sc. , Engineering , 1966 — 1972
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Dr. Swift High
Additional Information
Ernie Zelinski’s Websites:
Ernie Zelinski’s Interests:
This is from an article that appeared in the National Post on May 3, 2008. Life of Ernie Is Wild and Free To say Ernie J. Zelinski has taken the road less travelled would be a large understatement. Quite simply, the author of How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and other self-help best-sellers has taken the road never before travelled, living a life designed on his own terms.
Ernie Zelinski’s Groups:
Zelinski, a bachelor, is a night owl, usually not retiring to bed till 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. He gets up at 11 or 11:30 a.m., goes for a run or bike ride or exercises at home for up to 90 minutes, gets to the coffee shop around 3 or 3:30 p.m., reads the papers, talks to people and maybe does a little work on his laptop. Around 8 p.m. he might join friends for a drink at a local lounge. Then he comes home, does some work, reads more papers and goes to bed.
Ernie Zelinski’s Honors:
Ernie J. Zelinski’s books have sold over 625,000 copies worldwide.
Ernie's books have been published in 27 different countries.
Ernie's books have been published in 20 languages.
Ernie Zelinski’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
