Wisdom for a High School Grad

By: Douglas Barry; Doug Barry;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Self help, Young Adult,

ISBN: 9780762427031

SKU: BE500965885536

Pages: 128

Description: Here, 18-year-old Douglas Barry shares advice he received from actors,thletes, astronauts, teachers, talk-show hosts and more! One day, not longfter he left high school, Douglas Barry stared his future in the face. Heas about to leave home, to move away from his friends and family, and beginhe most important years of his life. Would he ever make new friends? Woulde and his girlfriend drift apart? Did he have what it takes to succeed'very school-leaver has these questions, but Barry isn't your averagechool-leaver. Five years earlier, this aspiring businessman wrote to 150EOs, asking them how they'd got where they are. The response wasverwhelming, and the result was the best-selling "Wisdom for a Young CEO".ollowing the same model, Barry wrote to over 100 accomplished individuals,ncluding astronauts, politicians and actors, asking them to share theirollege experiences. The letters he received are a touching, funny, inspiringuide to tackling higher education head-on.