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Secrets of the Young & Successful : How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime

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WOW..How refreshing to read a book whose time is long overdue...Where was this book when I was in high school or college? I just learned more from Jennifer & Scott's book about practical tips for success then I did in 4 years of college classes. I feel like I can better market myself for success with their advice and I am confident now that I can fulfill all of my professional goals. Thanks for giving me a push in the right direction. This book should be required reading for anyone in school as it has valuable life lessons that could do America's students a world of good...Thanks for writing a book that encourages our generation to get off our butts and create our own amazing reality. I am pumped up now from reading the book and am going to tell all of my friends that they must check it out for themselves..

Three words for the young and the restless: buy this book! More than a squishy feel-good book, this is a hands on guide to getting ahead and making smart decisions in your life. Jennifer Kushell and Scott Kaufman have put together the first book I have seen that goes beyond the superficial level of getting you motivated, and tells you step-by-step how to prioritize your goals and then make them happen.

Put simply, this book has substance. It contains profiles of real people who have achieved success - not just celebrities and overnight successes, but people with whom you can relate. It is as if the authors methodically distilled the ideas and actions that made these people successful and broke it down to a formula readers can use in their own lives. They also give you a peak into their own lives, and the lives of their friends, making their experiences feel accessible to the reader.

My twenty-something friends will be receiving this book as birthday gifts, and this will be my number one graduation gift this year for high school and college seniors.

I'm 26, and finding a lot of parallels with this book & myself. I'm only 50 pages into it, and already feeling even more inspired about what I'm doing & where I'm headed. The suggestions & advice contained in it couldn't be any closer to the truth.

Excellent book. I would highly recommend this to ANYONE with a dream to do great things!

I saw this book ...this weekend and had to pick it up. I couldn't put the book down once I started reading it. I have been trying to start my own clothing line for the last two years and EVERYONE has told me to give up, that I will never make it. It has been a rough process but I refuse to give up and after reading Jen's book I am even more confident that I can succeed and build a successful business in the fashion industry. This book profiles people in their 20's and 30's doing amazing things with their lives and overcoming incredible obstacles. It was inspiring to read about the men and women just like me with so much vision and creativity and how they translated their dreams into reality just by believing in themselves. I am so motivated now to go out and conquer the world, or at least the fashion world, and to not let anything or anyone hold me back. I checked out the author's website and was so impressed to find out that I could connect with other young entrepenuers from around the world...How cool is that? I searched for someone in fashion in their Young & Successful Directory and found a few people in the U.S. and even someone in France. Now I can email these people and maybe we can even swap stories ands share ideas and have a network of support of other people trying to do the same thing. I strongly reccommend this book to anyone with big dreams that wants to take the next step to change their lives. I am 32 years old and I know there is still time and a way for me and there certainly is for all of you. Good luck, you can do it! :)

I just finished reading the book and even with my MBA I was amazed that I hadn't tried several of Ms. Kushell's methods for meeting important people before. She writes with style and experience. This book definitely will pay for itself!

I'm 22 years old and I wish I had this book ten years ago, this is a clear guide through the obstacles we all face at some point, and you feel as if you have a friend there with you the whole time!

I wish someone had written a book like this 20 years ago! What a fabulous tool for anyone looking for the shortcuts that it took us years to find.

I'm very disappointed with this book. Very vague and broad examples and not a lot of the nuts and bolts of success. Jennifer Kushell is the self crowned princess of the young entrepreneurial spirit. She claims to have launched successfull business ventures but never elaborates anywhere in her books or websites and instead offers page after page of fluff and filler on how to get ahead. After wasting my time with this book and two of her other books, I'd be skeptical of allowing her to run a lemonade stand. Please save your time and money. There are many better choices by PROVEN success stories. Multiple streams of Income by Robert Allen and How to Buy a Business: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition by Richard A. Joseph are two of many that are a much better read for your time and money

I don't really recommend this book. I would say that the 1 star guy above put it pretty well. It doesn't contain insight beyond what the average person already knows (like most books in this category... written down common sense).

It is encouraging, the authors are enthusiastic, that's for sure. Unfortunately their biggest success appears to be the marketing of a book on achieving success.

The authors of this book did an incredible job of profiling some of the country's hottest 20 & 30 somethings. It is so cool to read about my peers going out and rising to the top of their industries at such a young age...Maybe now, people will stop claiming our generation is full of lazy people..How could you EVER think that after reading this book..It made me put down my TV remote and actually sit down to begin writing the buisness plan that I have been putting off for the last 6 months..I have been complaining that I get anyone to listen to my great business ideas and yet I haven't actually done my homework to map out my plan for the bar that I want to open. Reading this book made me relaize that I can probably open my bar within the next 6 months to a year if I start networking and get serious about raising capital for the project. Thanks for the motivation and inspiration. You guys ROCK!