Rating: 
Summary: Wise Wisdom for the Real World
Review: I admire Maria Shriver for what she has accomplished in life without the constant help of the silver spoon she was born with. She is an amazing woman in her own right and has worked hard to become a person of great integrity and wisdom. So who better to write a book on life lessons than someone who has learned a few along the way. Ms. Shriver wrote this book after she received so much positive response from a little commencement address she had given. I only wish I had heard such a profound speech before I had set off into the world. After reading this book I realize I only do part of the necessary steps for life success and I am now inspired to work my way into all 10. She recommends: Finding your passion, take any job as a stepping stone, respect your coworkers, be responsible for your behaviors, fail without fear, discard the myth of Superwoman, pay attention to your family life, work on your marriage, make your own money and LAUGH!! It takes alot of energy to live life correctly so be prepared and reach for this little book of wisdom for inspiration.
Rating: 
Summary: A delightful read
Review: I just finished reading this book after I got it from Amazon this afternoon. Even though I was working on my freelance project in between, I just could not put it down. Having graduated from college about 7 months ago, I am learning some of these truths myself, how laughter is important in your life, in your workplace, that "no job is beneath you", etc. Although I've heard these sayings from random places, Maria talked to me like a close friend with her personal stories, making them relevant to me. Kind of silly but I weeped a bit reading the last chapter. I realized that in the past few months I started working, I've neglected many important areas of my life. In short, I'm glad I read this book and would recommend it to all my friends.
Rating:
Summary: I wish I had this book!
Review: I wish that I had this when I went out...it is really short and sweet! I loved it and buy it for all graduation gifts!
Rating:
Summary: Hind sight is 20-20
Review: Ten Things... began with a graduation speech that Shriver gave at her brother's university. When she was asked to give the speech nerves almost pushed her back from it. After she gave the speech those who had heard it were deeply moved and she was asked by friends for copies and by more commercial sources to write it in book form. So this advice is back by popular demand, which is never bad.
Here Shriver describes the 10 things that she wishes someone would have told her at her college graduation. She describes her personal experiences learning each of these lessons. The fact that she relies on and honestly relates her personal experiences is a great strength for the book. Her experience rings true and brings life to the lessons that she presents.
I am 23 and would tend to benefit from Shriver's advice. Some of the lessons I've already learned but those that I haven't I think I have to learn for myself. So even though what Shriver says is true and very practical it isn't going to change what I do in life. Mostly I think I might remember reading this later and say "Yup, I should have taken that advice." This isn't because I'm stubborn (even though I am). Rather it's because the lessons presented are very general and not specific how-to's. So this advice isn't going to help you fix your problems here and now. That said the 10 things are well chosen and relevant.
Ten Things... presents good advice but this advice will only really make sense after learning those life lessons from life.
Rating:
Summary: Ten Things I'm Glad I Know Now
Review: 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.
Rating:
Summary: I loved this book
Review: Maria is a great example of a person who is "wired for success". She explains her life and how her definition of success has changed with each stage. I will buy this for my wife and the kids in my church Youth Group. Plus she is funny!
Rating:
Summary: A way to have it all but there is a price
Review: Maria Shriver explained to us in her book that a person can have it all but not at one time. Ms. Shriver explains that professional success comes at a price which some people do not want to pay the gatekeeper. There are some people I see in the workplace who utilize deceit as a tool for success and those same individuals usually get what they have coming to them in the end. So the lesson Ms. Shriver had about ethics is one of the most important lessons about achieving success, because without ethics people will not respect you. This particular book is very well written and is something that I would give as a gift to someone who was starting off in their career.
Rating:
Summary: Very good advice
Review: This book is great for people who are just starting their careers or having trouble with their careers. Ms. Shriver talks about things that we should have known before we go out here in the real world. One particular lesson that stood out to me was ethics and I have noticed that some people have become so aggressive, sinister and cutting the throats of coworkers in order to move up the food. Well the same people that we meet on our way up are the same individuals we are going to meet on our way back down. I have seen this happen to so many young people and once their demise has been casted upon them people have treated these deceitful people as if they had the plague. There are a ton of young people that I see entering the job market who lack professional ethics and I would definitely recommend this particular book to them.
| 
