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(More customer reviews)I am a college student, and I believe that Whelan has done a great job with this book. I received a copy of Generation WTF before it came out, and I have been using the book for about two months now. As a college student, I can tell you before I read this book I had no idea who Dale Carnegie or David Bach was, and I would have never known their ideas if I didn't read this book. In a world where we are being told to operate at 100mph and do so many things at once, this book slows it all down for us. Setting the goals, preparing, and figuring yourself out are all things that need to be done to be successful and are all overlooked these days. One part that I really found meaningful was creating a "personal mission statement". This last year I have been trying to figure out where I want to go and what I want to do after college, and I have been all over the place. When I figure out what my core values are and my sense of purpose, I believe figuring out what direction to take will be very simple. I am so happy and thankful that there is finally a book that gives advice directed at my generation. Generation WTF is not like other self help books, it compiles great advice I would have not otherwise known about, and makes it relevant and useful to me and my generation today.
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We all know what "WTF" usually stands for: it's an exclamation of frustration and anger, and it's an understandable reaction to the tough new economic realities that have hit young adults harder than any other group. WTF happened to promises of a bright future? What happened to the jobs? And what do we do now that the rules have changed?
Recent college grads were raised in a time of affluence and entitlement, lulled into thinking that a golden future would just happen. With few role models to teach values like thrift, perseverance, and self-control, young adults are ill-equipped to cope with sacrifice and failure, and their dismal employment prospects are merely the most visible symptom of greater challenges.
Fortunately, it's not too late to change course. This optimistic, introspective, and technologically savvy generation already possesses many of the tools they need to thrive—if only they learn to harness the necessary skills for success.
In Generation WTF, Christine Whelan does just that. Dr. Whelan, one of the foremost authorities on the history of the self-help genre, worked with more than one hundred young people to test and tweak the very best old-school advice and personalize it for the modern twenty-something. After a decade of researching the industry—and years advising "WTFers" as they struggle to make their way in the "real world"—Dr. Whelan knows firsthand what advice works and what Generation WTF has to offer.
Rather than focusing on the frustration that "WTF" usually stands for, Dr. Whelan leads the charge to reclaim the acronym as a battle cry for a positive future: Generation WTF will be a wise, tenacious, and fearless generation, strengthened by purpose and hope. This practical new guide will show these WTFers the way to success and instill lasting habits that will serve them well in both good times and bad.
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