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10 ½ Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said (2012)

by Charles Wheelan(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Nonfiction

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W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: Some takeaways: TRAVEL! Find a job that doesn't involved a long commute (it'll make you happier in the long run); a good marriage is the equivalent of an extra $100,000 a year; parents don't want what's best for you, they want what's good for you. "I do have advice, which is to take joy in the journey, rather than building your life around how good you expect the view to be when you get to the top."
review 2: Author cites Harvard longitudinal study which concluded that the only thing that really matters in your life is relationships with other people. Spends most of his chapters solving for that. Favorite chapter - Don't Make the World Worse. Discussed a picture of 7 tobacco execs testifying in 1994 before congress that tobacco not addictive. 3 Harvard grads am... moreong the 7. Others worth noting:Help stop the little league arms raceMarry someone smarterTake time offDon't be a circus animalIt's all borrowed timeAs an aside, I would recommend searching the web for George Saunders commencement speech (2013 Syracuse University I think) about kindness. It is such compelling reading. Also Michael Lewis' baccalaureate speech at Princeton (2011 or 12) about the role of luck in our lives. less

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