{"product_id":"the-9-things-every-graduate-should-know","title":"The 9 Things Every Graduate Should Know","description":"\u003cp\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 being translated into more than 40 languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few of the nine things:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Don't reject yourself first.\u003cbr\u003e2. Do not stop believing you can create a life you love, even after chapters you didn't like.\u003cbr\u003e3. Don't talk yourself out of the person you actually want to be.\u003cbr\u003e4. You must live in a way other people won’t, if you are to live in a way other people can’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Graduates of high school, college, or any program — the primary audience, directly addressed\u003cbr\u003e- Anyone in transition: career change, relationship change, starting over, starting fresh\u003cbr\u003e- Readers of Wiest's longer works (\"The Mountain Is You,\" \"The Pivot Year,\" \"101 Essays\") who want her most direct, personal, and concentrated voice\u003cbr\u003e- Gift buyers looking for something more substantive than a card, more personal than a generic inspirational book, and specifically calibrated to the moment of a graduation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucky's Books and Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47221220835459,"sku":"9781965820179","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/3795\/6483\/files\/9781965820179.jpg?v=1780014265","url":"https:\/\/luckys.ca\/products\/the-9-things-every-graduate-should-know","provider":"Lucky's Books and Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}