68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life



By Gene Rice & Courtney Bejgrowicz

Everything you didn't learn in school but all you need to know to launch your personal and professional life.

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100% of proceeds will go to the Plant a Seed Foundation

By Gene Rice & Courtney Bejgrowicz

Everything you didn't learn in school but all you need to know to launch your personal and professional life.

ABOUT GRAD TO GROWN-UP

Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life is a unique self-help book that offers a roadmap to kickstart your future.


Rags-to-riches author and CEO Gene Rice and his high school English teacher daughter Courtney Bejgrowicz, share critical information alongside professional and personal successes and failures to demystify adulthood. The five sections—life, job search, career, personal finance, and health and relationships—provide real-world insights that are often overlooked in formal education.


You will learn everything from how to conquer the interview process to how to get promoted; from myths about credit scores to the impact of taxes; from the power of meditation to positively impacting society; and much more. Armed with this knowledge, you will be ready to move out on your own and move up in life.

100% of Gene's proceeds go to the Plant A Seed Foundation

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WHO SHOULD READ GRAD TO GROWN-UP?

The easy answer is everyone. I do believe this book has something to benefit anyone at any stage of life. But who comes to mind first? Graduates and young adults, specifically, my interns—brilliant interns from our nation’s top colleges. I think of them because they have strong business skills but do not know how to invest in a 401(k). They are hardworking young adults who have one foot already on the hamster wheel of corporate America but cannot claim their jobs as vocations.


For twenty years, I’ve sat with these interns weekly, sharing what became known as “Gene’s Life Lessons” to help them prepare for the future, not just professionally, but personally. Those interns were my first audience. And now there is you!


This book is especially for those at the start of their careers, as well as those who are motivated to advance in their jobs and need the guidance to do so. This is for people who want to have success not just in business but in their personal lives too. This is for those who wish to live a more balanced, meaningful life.


Want to improve yourself? Be happier? More fulfilled? More successful? This book is for you.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...


“Gene is one of the top executive recruiters in the world. He’s helped me, as well as over a thousand others, get the jobs of their dreams. This book will help anyone starting out in their career or looking to advance. Even better? He shares how personal growth is essential to professional success.”


World B. Free

Former NBA All-Star, 76ers Ambassador

"I’m betting on this book. It has all the elements of a bestseller! The interplay of a father’s wise and practical advice and his daughter’s good-hearted (and often funny) challenges make for a very readable set of informal business and financial commandments that any young person (or older person starting out on a new career) would be wise to follow."


Mark Morgan Ford

Entrepreneur; New York Times bestselling author; President at Palimi, Inc.; CEO of Ford Fine Art

"Grad to Grown-Up is a must-read. What I learned from Gene about work ethic, respect, finance, and career helped get me to the NBA. Gene has the strongest character of anyone I know and a unique ability to build relationships with others. Every young person can learn from him, and this book is full of his invaluable insight."


Ryan Arcidiacono

NBA player; Most Outstanding Player in 2016 Division I Basketball Championship, previous RCI intern

"Grad to Grown-Up will help every person looking to grow and get on the path to success. It’s these lessons that helped me achieve academic and personal success so young. Gene is a mentor to me to this day and the book shares all his advice."


Dr. Kennedy Chukwuocha

Doctor of Physical Therapy; previous RCI intern

"I have known Gene and his family for over 35 years. Gene has had extraordinary success in both his professional and personal life. What I admire most about Gene is how he cares for and treats others. As a young professional, I reported to Gene, and he helped pave the path for me and others to be successful. Also, what he and his wife Michele do through their philanthropic activities is remarkable. I hope his book receives the attention it deserves, as there are many lessons others can benefit from."


Lloyd Erlemann

Managing Director at Big Four Consulting Firm


"This is a highly illuminating work of distilled wisdom from two fine sensibilities who are from two dramatically different generations. A perfect graduation gift!”


Michael Krasny

Retired Radio Host on Sirius and NPR; Author of Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life and Spiritual Envy

The wisdom in this book is timeless. Every young adult needs a GPS through life—the earlier the better!


Dianna Booher

Author of Creating Personal Presence and Communicate With Confidence

"Gene is loved and admired by all who know him. He generously invests his time mentoring young people while encouraging them to reach their goals."


Julie Spencer

Professional speaker; author of award-winning book Looking Through a Keyhole

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