What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World (Hardcover)

What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World Book Description

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge. That is, until now.

As executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Tina Seelig guides her students as they make the difficult transition from the academic environment to the professional world, providing tangible skills and insights that will last a lifetime. Seelig is an entrepreneur, neuroscientist, and popular teacher, and in "What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20" she shares with us what she offers her students--provocative stories, inspiring advice, and a big dose of humility and humor.

These pages are filled with fascinating examples, from the classroom to the boardroom, of individuals defying expectations, challenging assumptions, and achieving amazing success. Seelig throws out the old rules and provides a new model for reaching our highest potential. We discover how to have a healthy disregard for the impossible, how to recover from failure, and how most problems are remarkable opportunities in disguise.

"What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20" is a much-needed book for everyone looking to make their mark on the world.

Stanford University professor Dr. Seelig offers 10 provocative lessons that challenge and inspire readers to see themselves and the world in a fresh light.

About the Author :

Tina Seelig has contributed to What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World as an author. Tina Seelighas a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Stanford School of Medicine and is the executive director of the Stanford Technolog Ventures Program, which is the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering. In addition, Seelig teaches courses on entrepreneurship and innovation in the Department of Management Science and Engineering and in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. She frequently speaks and runs workshops for executives in a wide range of disciplines and has written several popular science books for adults and children.

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