Official Bio for Ernie J. Zelinski

World-Class Author, Innovator, Professional Speaker,
and Unconventional Career Expert 

Ernie Zelinski is a World-Class Author, Innovator, Content Creator, Professional Speaker, and Unconventional Career Expert with more than 25 years of experience in creative marketing, solo-entrepreneurshp, and making a great living without a real job.

Ernie semi-retired when he was 31 years old and had a net worth of minus $30,000 (because of his student loans). As a result of his creative efforts, however, Ernie today is financially well-off and makes a better income than 85 percent of corporate workers by working only 4 or 5 hours a day.

Ernie's core message — that we all can be more creative and really live life the way it was meant to be lived — is at the heart of all his work.

Ernie deeply believes in the powers of creativity and common sense — instead of hard work — as the most important elements for changing the world; he incorporates those elements into his books, blogs, and speeches.

Outside the corporate world since the early 1980s, Ernie has helped more than 625,000 individuals from all walks of life in their career transitions and retirement planning through his books such as the international bestsellers The Joy of Not Working and How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free and through his Promotional Business Giveaways.

Thousands of individuals have contacted Ernie Zelinski by letter and e-mail about how they have experienced renewal and personal growth as a result of reading one of Ernie's blockbuster books.

Ernie Zelinski's books — with translations in 21 languages — have changed lives around the globe.

Without ever attending the Frankfurt Book Fair where major publishers and agents from around the world go to buy and sell foreign rights, Ernie has negotiated over 101 book deals with publishers in 28 different countries.

Ernie's books have now sold over 625,000 copies worldwide and have been published in 21 languages.

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, and Vancouver Sun. 

Ernie has been interviewed by over 100 radio stations and has appeared on CNN TV’s Financial News, Istanbul TV Network, CBC TV’s Venture, CBC TV's National News, and CTV’s Canada AM.

Here are some of the things that have been said about Ernie and his books:

“This Zelinski guy knows how to write prose that has the potential
to become those old proverbs everyone repeats."
— Herb Denenberg, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 

“Get this book [ How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free]
if you look forward to a retirement with 'zing!' ”
— Nancy Paradis, St. Petersburg Times, Florida

Career Success Without a Real Job by Ernie J. Zelinski
 reads like a conversation with an old friend.
The book is 'peppered' with quotes from people
like Henry Ford, Jerry Garcia, Mother Teresa and
Mad Magazine that give us an inspiring look into
the mindsets of all these successful people and ideas.
— Synchronicity Magazine  

Despite being at the top of his class during his various stints at college and university, Ernie Zelinski failed miserably at being a corporate employee. Ernie has put this to his advantage, however, leading a lifestyle that is the envy of the majority of corporate workers.

Over 25 years ago Ernie Zelinski was terminated from his engineering job for taking two and a half months of unauthorized vacation. He was quite flabbergasted, indeed, close to being traumatized. Ernie should have known at the time, however, that he was destined for much greater heights.

A few years later he realized that, from a career perspective, his firing was the best thing that ever happened to him. What’s more, getting fired was great for other aspects of Ernie's life, including his mental and physical health. He still tells his friends, “The two best things I ever did for my well-being were to quit smoking and to get axed from my last real job, never to return to another.”

Ernie's latest books include:

• The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks (and Work Sucks!) 
• Career Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations 
  101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting 

In addition, Ernie Zelinski has spoken to many organizations over the years about utilizing creativity in business and leisure.

Ernie's educational background includes an MBA and an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Alberta.

Some of the Many Corporations Who Have Used Ernie Zelinski's Books and Services:

• The National Turkish Congress on Quality (KalDer) 
• Ford Motor Company
• Allstate
• Nettworth Financial
• Syncrude Corporation
• TD Canada Trust
• Strathcona County
• Telus
• Life Planning Network
• Fiscal Wellness

Ernie Zelinski's past books include:

• The Joy of Thinking Big: How to Be a Genius in No Time Flat 
• Don't Hurry; Be Happy 
• 1001 Ways to Enjoy Your Retirement 
• The Lazy Person's Guide to Success: How to Get What You Want Without Killing Yourself for It 
• Off the Wall: Graffiti for the Soul 
• The Art of Seeing Double or Better in Business 
• The Joy of Not Being Married: The Essential Guide for Singles (and Those Who Wish They Were) 

Ernie Zelinski's Top-7 Successes as an Author

• Originally self-published, Ernie's The Joy of Not Working has sold over 225,000 copies and has been published in 17 languages. 
• Turned down by over 35 American and British publishers, Ernie's independently published How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free has sold over 110,000 copies and has been published in 9 languages.
• Ernie's books have now sold over 625,000 copies worldwide.
• Although he has never been to the Frankfurt Book Fair where major publishers go for foreign rights deals, Ernie Zelinski has negotiated over 101 book deals for his 15 titles.
• Ernie Zelinski's Books have been published in 21 languages in 28 different countries.
• To do the title proud, Ernie quit writing The Lazy Person's Guide to Success when he had completed half of the manuscript. A few months later, Ernie sent the half-manuscript to a Spanish publisher who eventually offered to publish it in Spanish. At this point, Ernie contemplated for over a day whether to complete the book. But he did finish it and The Lazy Person's Guide to Success has now been published in 9 languages and has sold over 95,000 copies worldwide.
• Thousands of individuals have written letters to Ernie Zelinski, phoned him, and sent e-mails to tell him how they have experienced renewal and personal growth as a result of reading one of his books.

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