{"product_id":"the-9-things-every-new-graduate-should-know","title":"The 9 Things Every New Graduate Should Know","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFrom Brianna Wiest — internationally bestselling author of The Mountain Is You, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Pivot Year, and more. Her books have sold over 1 million copies worldwide, appear regularly on international bestseller lists, and are translated into more than 40 languages. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn May 2024, Brianna Wiest returned to Elizabethtown College to deliver the commencement address to its graduating class. \"The 9 Things Every Graduate Should Know\" is that speech, transcribed and designed as a book: nine lessons she wishes she had known at the moment of her own beginning, written to an audience of one — the version of herself standing on exactly that threshold. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA few of these lesson: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDon't reject yourself first. The world will have plenty of chances to reject you. Don't give it a head start by never entering the arena. Victories, Wiest argues, become inevitabilities — but only for those who keep going. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDo not stop believing you can create a life you love, even after chapters you didn't like. The past holds no bearing against your presence. Every day you have the chance to change your life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe losses and lows of your life are your most significant opportunities for self-investment. What looks like isolation is actually, temporarily, freedom — a release from unconscious limitation. Never waste a crisis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou must live in a way that other people won't, if you are to live in a way that other people can't. You become what you repeatedly do. What is celebrated in public was perfected in private. This is a short, beautifully designed book — transcribed speech, typographically presented, the kind of object that reads in a single sitting and stays with you for years. It makes an ideal gift for anyone graduating, transitioning, or standing at any threshold and asking what comes next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Thoughts Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45466613317769,"sku":"9781965820179","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0358\/7171\/9561\/files\/05bb3b9e9e5ded19d52d2bbb237202b55720d2298563388f42752357b8abf78b_620b0af1-2cdb-4507-a865-52bbd8bfcb2e.webp?v=1775066923","url":"https:\/\/shop.fioriandfern.com\/products\/the-9-things-every-new-graduate-should-know","provider":"Fiori and Fern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}