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Title: Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World by Maria Shriver ISBN: 0-446-52612-6 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.72 (99 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Realistic, Helpful Personal Memoir for the New Graduate
Comment: You've just graduated, and want to make your mark on the world. What should you focus on? Maria Shriver has excellent ideas for you!
Most young people desperately want to carve their own niche and acquire competence in the 20s. In the course of doing that, they can fall into stalled thinking about living up to others' expectations and achieving perfection. This book provides a good antidote to those misconceptions. The advice encourages humility and realism. Because Maria Shriver is a celebrity who works in television, this message will seem relevant to even the most starstruck.
The weakness of the book is that she only tells her own story, but doesn't use anyone else as an example. We all can learn from everyone we meet, so Ms. Shriver does fall down in this one department. Her memoir focuses on her life from the end of college to now.
She comes across as well-meaning in this book, someone who's heart is in the right place and is willing to work like a dog.
Even if you don't think you like her, take a look at the book. You can tell after a chapter or two if this is for you or not.
Of her advice lists, I thought that 'pinpoint your passion' and 'be willing to fail' were the most pertinent to young people today who are just graduating.
The reason these are important is that your passion will get you through the ups and downs in your chosen direction. Failures are your best learning experiences.
Naturally, if someone you know wants a career in television, this book also contains some useful information about what the process is like. It's more hard work than many would imagine!
Also, I suggest that you talk to some other older people to ask them what they have learned from experience. Most people do not have a glittering or greatly satisfying life by middle age. If they wanted better, where did they go wrong? You can learn a lot from other peoples' mistakes, as well.
Persistence counts for a lot!
Rating: 5
Summary: Like Spending Time With A Friend
Comment: This is a charming, down-to-earth, honest little book, filled with important lessons about life. Written with humor and wisdom, it reflects the personality of a fiesty, spirited person determined to make her own mark in the world.
From the first chapter, in which she tells us to "pinpoint our passion" (hers was to be a broadcast journalist), to the second one where she tells us "no job is beneath you" and regales us with tales of learning every aspect of her job, and realizing there were some things she would never do well, and how important it is to be able to take criticism, and down through the others, which deal with such subjects as the necessity of mentors, the value of ethics, and achieving financial independence, we learn, along with Maria, that life is indeed a bumpy ride, with many lessons to teach us.
Particularly interesting were the chapters on husband and children, in which she tells us (as if we didn't know already!) that the Prince Charming and Happily Ever After myths are just that and that life is a compromise and we must make choices. Making the point that it is important to be your own person while at the same time maintaining these vital relationships, she combines the view of the modern woman with old-fashioned values.
By the time we reach the concluding chapter, on Laughter, which she says makes "all the other nine things doable," Maria has become a trusted and valued friend, with whom we have enjoyed spending a few hours.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ten Things I'm Glad I Know Now
Comment: Just when you thought you were all alone, Maria Shriver saves the day with her wise advice in her new book Ten Things I Wish I'd Known-Before I Went Out into the Real World. This book is not only helpful for students of all majors, but will continue to be a source of wisdom throughout the course of a person's life. I, being a senior about to face the real world, have hit the wall of shock and devastation. I no longer have a crutch to lean on and will be thrown out all alone into the worst job market seen in years. While this has been the most stressful and horrifying time in my life, Maria Shriver's book gives me a drop of hope by giving me a head start through her own personal experiences and the experiences of others.
Ten Things I Wish I'd Know-Before I Went Out into the Real World was inspired by a speech Shriver was asked to give to the graduating class of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The speech was so successful because of her fearless wit and hard-hitting facts that it was developed into a book to help graduating students across the country.
This book has been extremely helpful because Maria Shriver gives the facts whether you like them or not. She does not sugar coat a thing. She does not tell the reader to "go out there and get em'" or "you can do it all if you put your mind to it." In fact, she tells the reader the complete opposite. She writes that one person cannot do it all and one must be willing to fail and start from the bottom if they look forward to achieving anything.
Shriver uses her own experiences as well as others experiences as her prime sources. She does not go into the psychology and rhetoric of each situation, yet teaches the reader from first hand experience the advice and lessons she has had to learn the hard way.
Not only does Shriver help a graduating student at the starting gate of their career, but she also serves as a mentor throughout their entire life. With topics beyond work and successful careers, she hands out her own wisdom about finances, marriage, and children. These topics each have their very own chapter because as Shriver notes, these are some of the hardest yet most endearing jobs a person will ever face.
Now that I am three months from heading out into the real world, I wish I had read this book sooner. I wish I had known that even someone as successful as Maria Shriver has received criticism and cried her eyes out in the seat of her car. I am still scared and unsure about the future, but I know that while I am sitting at my very own commencement address, I will already be equipped with some of the best advice and wisdom given from a successful person who wasn't afraid to start at the bottom. If you or anyone you know are about to face the uncertainties of the "real world," I strongly suggest this book as a teacher, guide, and mentor.
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Title: What's Heaven? by Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel ISBN: 0307440435 Publisher: Golden Books Adult Publishing Pub. Date: 15 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: What Now? Words of Wisdom for Life After Graduation by Selig ISBN: 0836278755 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: What's Wrong with Timmy? by Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel ISBN: 0316233374 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas ISBN: 0743446496 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 26 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Book of Graduation Wisdom: Advice for Life From Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, Colin Powell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bill Gates, and more than 125 Other Notables by Edward, Ph.D. Hoffman ISBN: 0806524855 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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