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New book by Tom Marks and Ron Draper brings award-winning retirement insights to America’s 148 million credit union members and the employees who serve them<\/strong><\/p>\n “Your Path of Happiness: The Credit Union Playbook for a Successful Retirement,” a new book by bestselling retirement author Tom Marks and longtime credit union leader Ron Draper, offers a groundbreaking and human-centered guide to retirement for America’s 148 million credit union members and the hundreds of thousands of professionals who serve them.<\/p>\n Based on Marks’ bestselling and award-winning retirement book, “Coming of Age in Retirement: An Advertising Executive’s Story of Enlightenment and Revelation,” this new edition expands the conversation beyond traditional financial planning. It explores retirement as a full-life transition, one that requires purpose, identity, connection, personal growth, and a renewed understanding of happiness.<\/p>\n In “Your Path of Happiness,” Marks and Draper combine retirement research, real-world experience, credit union history, and a practical 10-step program designed to help readers build a meaningful and successful life after full-time work. The book also examines the unique role credit unions play in supporting older adults and seniors, tracing the movement’s roots from Japan to Germany and ultimately to the United States.<\/p>\n Unlike conventional retirement books focused primarily on money, investments, and estate planning, “Your Path of Happiness” addresses the deeper questions many retirees face: Who am I now? What gives my life meaning? How do I remain engaged, useful, joyful, and connected?<\/p>\n The book has already been praised as “A Triumph of Wisdom,” “An Extraordinary Manifesto,” “An Essential Guide for Credit Unions,” “Heartwarming,” and “An Instant Classic.”<\/p>\n Literary Titan praises Your Path of Happiness<\/em> as “a thoughtful and expansive guide to retirement,” noting that Tom Marks and Ron Draper look beyond financial readiness to explore “identity, gratitude, simplicity, self-empathy, creativity,” and the deeper emotional transition of later life.<\/p>\n “Credit unions have always been about people helping people,” the authors write through the book’s central message. “That mission becomes even more important as members approach one of the most significant transitions of their lives.”<\/p>\n With Marks’ nationally recognized expertise in retirement happiness and Draper’s more than four decades of leadership in the credit union movement, “Your Path of Happiness” is both a timely guide for individuals and a strategic resource for credit union leaders seeking to serve aging members with greater insight, empathy, and purpose.<\/p>\n Visit yourpathofhappiness.com<\/a> to learn more and discover how Tom Marks and Ron Draper are helping credit union members create a more meaningful, confident, and fulfilling retirement. Get your copy today on Amazon<\/strong> and begin building your own path of happiness.<\/p>\n About the Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n Tom Marks<\/strong> is a multiple-time bestselling and award-winning author widely regarded as a leading voice in America on the subject of retirement happiness. His first book, “The Second Best Business Book Ever Written: The Pursuit of Thought Leadership in Sales, Marketing, and Life,” was published by Inc. Magazine for its 25 million readers and became the bestselling new business book of 2024. His follow-up book, “Coming of Age in Retirement: An Advertising Executive’s Story of Enlightenment and Revelation,” became the bestselling retirement book in America and also achieved bestseller status in aging, mental health, and memoirs.<\/p>\n Marks has received numerous honors, including the Gold Medal for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year from the Nonfiction Writers Association, three International Impact Book Awards, recognition as a Literary Titan, a POTY Award, a Readers’ Views Award, and two American Book Fest Gold Medals. Over his nearly five-decade career in marketing and advertising, he has also earned more than 65 American Advertising Awards for copywriting. Marks has spent more than 20 years working in the credit union industry, serving clients including CUNA Mutual Group, TruStage, and credit unions throughout the Midwest. He has appeared as an expert guest on more than 60 retirement and business podcasts reaching audiences in 90 countries and is a sought-after keynote speaker and contributor to major retirement publications.<\/p>\n Ron Draper<\/strong> is the longtime CEO of Somerville Municipal Federal Credit Union and has been a highly influential leader in the credit union movement for more than four decades. His career includes leadership roles from the ground up, beginning as a project manager and loan officer at Raytheon Employees Credit Union in 1982 and advancing to senior executive positions at larger credit unions.<\/p>\n Draper served for 18 years as Chairman and Director of the Central Credit Union Fund, the nation’s first corporate credit union, created by the Massachusetts legislature in 1932 and first led by credit union pioneer Edward Filene. He also served for 12 years as Chairman and Director of the first credit union league formed in the United States, the Credit Union League of Massachusetts, now known as the Cooperative Credit Union Association. Throughout his career, Draper has helped turn around underperforming credit unions and has developed innovative products and services for institutions of all sizes.<\/p>\n A graduate of Boston College with a degree in business administration and marketing, Draper earned his MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and his Juris Doctor from Massachusetts School of Law. He is also a licensed attorney, certified court mediator, real estate broker, and auctioneer practitioner. After more than 40 years in the credit union industry, Draper is now considering his own forthcoming retirement while returning to his creative interests in writing, drawing, the arts, and stand-up comedy.<\/p>\n Media Contact<\/span> New book by Tom Marks and Ron Draper brings award-winning retirement insights to America’s 148 million credit union members and the employees who serve them “Your Path of Happiness: The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537695"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.globalnewslines.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cfe293dfc71e6a765e285035a6f4452e.jpg\")
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