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Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into the Real World
Award-winning broadcast journalist and NBC anchor-woman Maria Shriver reveals the lessons she has learned that have guided her journey as a career woman, wife and mother.
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published
April 4th 2000
by Grand Central Publishing
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I honestly hope she didn't use all these swear words in her commencement speech at a Catholic university. I would have admired her more if she and the publisher had kept it dignified. But she shared sweet advice.
Overall, this was a pretty good book. It was written simplistically and to the point about what Maria had wish she had learned about the work force before entering it.
I learned some important advice about working in the real world, and some of Maria's Ten Things: to pinpoint your passion, no job is beneath you, who you work for and with is as important as what you do, your behavior has consequences, be willing to fail, perfection doesn't make you perfect, children do change your career,to be...more
I learned some important advice about working in the real world, and some of Maria's Ten Things: to pinpoint your passion, no job is beneath you, who you work for and with is as important as what you do, your behavior has consequences, be willing to fail, perfection doesn't make you perfect, children do change your career,to be...more
My mom suggested to me that I read this...and as it turns out, she had an ulterior motive. Ms. Shriver's list, expanded from her commencement speech at the College of the Holy Cross (but you've probably heard that little detail before), is built up of everything both Mom and Dad have been trying to drum into my head for several years now. Let me pause to reflect on the perversity of the situation when you're more apt to listen to anyone but your parents, even if they're all saying the same thing...more
I read a couple of chapters of this book each night before bed and found it a nice reflective read before bedtime.
Maria's writing style is easy and to the point -- and she makes some pretty good points in this book. The book is basically an extended version of a convocation speech she gave at a university. Out of all the 10 lessons, I liked her wisdom in regards to marriage, an area I have not ventured into yet. Also, I enjoyed reading about her career-related failures and successes, especially...more
Maria's writing style is easy and to the point -- and she makes some pretty good points in this book. The book is basically an extended version of a convocation speech she gave at a university. Out of all the 10 lessons, I liked her wisdom in regards to marriage, an area I have not ventured into yet. Also, I enjoyed reading about her career-related failures and successes, especially...more
I admire Maria Shriver. I think she is a class act. But after listening to this little audiobook, my opinion of her has risen higher. Her words of wisdom, written over ten years ago, still ring true today. I felt it was very inspiring and honest advice built on her own experience, reflections and memories. Most of her advice deals with women in the workforce who feel they have to be "superwomen" and be able to balance work, marriage and child rearing (which is a near impossible task). Maria is a...more
The book is short, her advice is concise, and her personal examples were incredibly helpful.
She has beauty, brains, a family name that opens doors, and built her career while part of a power couple - and still she faced the struggles that no amount of hired help can resolve, mainly how to be at two places at once (work/ home - in her case, located on opposite coasts) and how to be completely present to two different callings simultaneously (career accomplishments/ family relationships). I also...more
She has beauty, brains, a family name that opens doors, and built her career while part of a power couple - and still she faced the struggles that no amount of hired help can resolve, mainly how to be at two places at once (work/ home - in her case, located on opposite coasts) and how to be completely present to two different callings simultaneously (career accomplishments/ family relationships). I also...more
There's a reason this speech got so much publicity when she delived it at a college commencement -- it's darn good advice! And, more than that, it's about time someone said it all outloud to just the people who need to hear it. Twenty-one year old kids have no clue what they're up against and, if they'll pay attention, this just might save them some time and heartache down the line.
Not to say that anyone and everyone won't benefit from this book. I'm 40-something now and I'm happy to say that I'...more
Not to say that anyone and everyone won't benefit from this book. I'm 40-something now and I'm happy to say that I'...more
I found this book is more on the story of the author’s life and what the lessons she drew from her life experiences. There are 10 lessons, which actually a series of simple truths we ourselves can learned from daily relationships and experiences. But having the author told us her stories and lessons will somehow simplify our learning process. A saying once told that you can learn also from somebody else’s experience, because learning from your own will be tough (yet I’m sure, the most remembered...more
My mom gets me these impulse buy books all the time. You know the ones: you’re waiting in the check-out line at Barnes and Noble and they’re on the turnstile right next to you. They’re usually uplifting or inspirational. Sometimes they have cute pictures of animals in them or they’re filled with jokes. Well I’ve amassed a small collection of them thanks to my mom over the years and I’ve just now started reading them (bad daughter, I know). While I’m convinced my mom’s trying to tell me something...more
I truely did enjoy reading Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World. I feel as though I read it at the perfect time in my life, about to graduate high school, becuase the lessons she was attempting to portray came across bery clearly and were quite meaningful. I love the style of writing she used. She took what used to be a speech, and due to the raving responses to it, she expanded it out and turned it into a book she felt could affect many people.
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I was given this book when I graduated from high school and have read it half a dozen times since. I picked it up again just ahead of starting grad school. I love Shriver's outlook - she's honest, hilarious, and hard-working. Her life is unconventional, and yet she's completely down to her. Just to give you an idea of Shriver's wit, one of her chapters is called "Super Woman is Dead and Super Man may be Taking Viagra." What she says is nothing earth shattering - just solid, heartfelt advice.
I enjoyed this book. Based on a commencement speech given to Holy Cross University, Maria Shriver expounds on each of the Ten Things she wishes she had known before she graduated college.
I found it funny and interesting. Most people never think that celebrities are ever nervous and have to struggle and work for what they get. All the public sees are the results, the wealth and the fame.
It's a very short, quick read. And I think Maria's hair is pretty the way it is.
I found it funny and interesting. Most people never think that celebrities are ever nervous and have to struggle and work for what they get. All the public sees are the results, the wealth and the fame.
It's a very short, quick read. And I think Maria's hair is pretty the way it is.
I stumbled on this at the library. It's a great quick read! The book came out of a college commencement address she gave that was well received. She's a bit too intense and self-critical, but she probably had too many expectations placed upon her shoulders from being from such an important family. It would be natural to feel inadequate from her standpoint. Basically if you want to succeed, you need to work your butt off, but you will fail on your way up too.
This is a great graduation gift. Very insightful and hopeful on how to deal with the harsh realities of the world that no one likes to talk about. I read this many years ago but there was advice I still think of often in my 29 yr marriage; "your spouse is going to annoy you, not just at times but quite often. You can choose to have that same fight of not picking his socks and towels up off the floor for the 237th time, or you can choose love. Life is too short for 237 fights, CHOOSE LOVE.
Someone gave me this book because I said I wanted to read Maria Shriver's new book. This ain't it. This is an older book she wrote. It's okay, fine, innocuous, helpful, true advice about living life. I still want to read her newer book. I saw her interviewed (probably on Oprah) about it and she seemed introspective and honest.
This is a great quick read (125 pages) if you are looking for a short autobiography of Maria Shriver's life so far (this book was written before Arnold became the Gov. of CA). Written from a college graduation speech she gave, this book would also be a great gift for a college graduate. While I don't agree with everything in the book, I agreed with her 10 things. I wish I'd known them earlier too!
Definitely a great graduation present. Shriver's points, written 10 years ago, are especially relevant now in encouraging graduates to find out what they want to do in their lives and stick to it, no matter how many times they have to start over.
This was given to me as a present. There is value here for the young folks (you know, not me!), but I think if one were to give this to a college graduate today he or she would not read it. It is a tad on the boring side.
I loved reading each chapter, and seeing just how normal she is for a mother and wife. And just wanting to have happiness for her family. Nice short book to read, but don't read to fast, she has some good advice and wisdom there.
This is an excellent little book, great for a graduation gift.
Maria acknowleges that you can have it all, as we've been told by the women's movement for years, only she admits you just can't have it all at once.
Maria acknowleges that you can have it all, as we've been told by the women's movement for years, only she admits you just can't have it all at once.
I like to read what well-known people have been through and how they got through it living in a glass bowl. This was a good book--some insights but nothing breath taking. It's very short and an easy read.
I got this book as a college graduation gift. It's a quick read and has some really valuable advice and priorities. I hope to learn and apply these tips my new "real world."
This was a graduation gift. Her top advice: live simply; don't take life too seriously; and laugh. Her attempt to be "down-to-earth" is a bit grating.
Not really impressed. Although much of the advice is good, it is nothing new; just the fact that it is Maria Shriver probably got this published.
Good, simple, humorous advice. Maria has a talent for portraying her thoughts and she she has a unique way of delivering her message. Quick book that you can pull advice from.
The book was the result of a commencement speech at Holy Cross college. As we get older, I think we all realize things that we wish we knew when we were growing up. It's so easy to make mistakes. Someone ought to teach a high school class on how to make fewer mistakes in life.
This is a perfect gift for any graduate! Maybe it's even better for parents to read and hand down to their children.
somebody gave me this when i graduated high school and i read it again soon after college...really good !
Great book for recent grads and parents alike. A nice reminder on keeping things in perspective. A quick read.
Feb 10, 2010
Toni Hatton
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I recommend this book to every teenager! This book will prepare young people for the transition into adulthood.
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Maria Owings Shriver is an award-winning American journalist from the Kennedy Family and is First Lady of California. Her husband is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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