Victory After High School

If you are student planning the rest of your life, Victory After High School: Survive or Thrive—You Choose! is packed full of practical tips. This comprehensive guide will set you on the right course for a fulfilling career and a satisfying future. What this book does not do is guarantee you fame, fortune, or higher test scores. It won’t freak you out with dire predictions of a bleak job market. It won’t try to convince you that you have to change your personality to conform to some pre-existing mold of success. Instead, it will help you get started on the right path—today—using the tools you already have at your disposal: energy, drive, a positive outlook, and a sense of humor. Hunt writes with a fresh, edgy style, and generously peppers the book with examples of successful young people—including the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Conan O’Brien, Michael Jordan—and some of the steps they took to achieve their goals. Victory After High School’s ten chapters are straightforward, each offering a down-to-earth—and down-to-youth—roadmap for success. With crucial topics covered such as “Plan Backwards to the Ultimate Future,” “The Real Education Begins After High School,” “Selecting the Right Major Could Mean Looking Forward to Monday,” “Be Your Own Boss or Be Bossed,” “Work Hard or Work Smart: Pick One, Please,” and “Relationships, Partnerships, and Networks—More Valuable Than Money,” The author gives you a solid life plan. With this manual’s concrete guidance, you’ll be equipped with the skills to do your own thinking, solve your own problems, and achieve your own personal version of success. All on your terms. Victory After High School is essential reading for young adults who want to look success straight in the eye and define—and achieve—it for themselves.