Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went Out Into the Real ... by Maria Shriver

Unfortunately, the warmth and humor Shriver may have projected in person are forced on the page'. Publishers Weekly reviewed the book, writing, 'In lessons that are mostly about work and character, she shares simple notions that are fundamentally sound and that many adults will agree with: pursue your passion consider no job to be beneath you be willing to fail realize that behavior has consequences find a mentor.

Don't Expect Anyone Else to Support You Financially.

Marriage is a Hell of a Lot of Hard Work Maria Shrivers Ten Things I Wish Id Known-Before I Went out into the Real World gives us her reflections, confessions, advice, memories, and, most of all.

Children Do Change Your Career (Not to Mention Your Entire Life) 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.You could call them notes from life’s trenches.

Superwoman is Dead (and Superman may be taking Viagra).

Who You Work for and with Is as Important as What You Do.

First and Foremost: Pinpoint Your Passion.

They are elaborated in her book (listed as the titles of its chapters):

It evolved from her commencement address at College of the Holy Cross, during which she said 'Ten Things I Wish Someone had told me at Graduation Before I Went Out in the World'. Ten Things I Wish I'd Known - Before I Went Out into the Real World was expanded from Shriver's acclaimed College of the Holy Cross commencement address.Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World is a book by Maria Shriver, published in 2000. With the tone of a trusting and trusted friend, Shriver boldly touches on such subjects as: the price we pay for giving in to our fears, as well as the relief we feel when we finally face them the humiliation of swallowing our ego so that we can learn from an abusive experience the rewards of taking risks and the pain of failure the joy of finding someone we can love and the limitations of every relationship how it's never too late to tap the wisdom of others, even our own parents and the importance of taking what we do seriously without taking ourselves too seriously. As a woman who has mastered the balancing act between career and parenting, she shares the lessons she has learned along the way in this audio program. Although this slim gift book is positioned as a graduation gift, Shrivers natural audience is more likely to be busy working mothers like herself, and. all the things we wish we knew before we started out, and that few people ever honestly discuss. Imagine postponing an interview with Fidel Castro to take your daughter to her first day of kindergarten? That's exactly what Maria Shriver did. Maria Shrivers TEN THINGS I WISH ID KNOWN-BEFORE I WENT OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD gives us her reflections, confessions, advice, memories, and, most of all, hard-earned lessons.

Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went Out Into the Real ... by Maria Shriver