My Reality Check Bounced!: The Gen-Y Guide to Cashing In On Your Real-World Dreams

Description

It's time to cash your reality check and re-create your life on your own terms. In your twenties you expect to finally live life on your own terms. But it can seem like the world won't cooperate. Roommates drive you crazy (but you can't afford to lose them), entry-level jobs frustrate you ("Four hundred double-sided copies before lunch,"), and even a dream job can take over your nights and weekends, leaving you feeling like you are running hard but going nowhere. Jason Ryan Dorsey helps you turn this coming-of-age crisis into opportunity. He shows you the big secret of the real world-that you don't realize how much control you have over your life until you use it. In My Reality Check Bounced! Jason shows you how to: Find the courage to climb out of your real-world rut Create a Future Picture that gets you off your "buts" Uncover opportunity and build a tag team to make the most of it Live like you mean it, and finally cash your reality check.

Twenty-seven-year-old Jason Ryan Dorsey wrote Graduate to Your Perfect Job when he was just eighteen, and it went on to sell 200,000 copies. He has since spoken to more than 500,000 young adults and those who educate and employ them. Winner of the Austin Under 40 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at age twenty-six, Dorsey has appeared on Today and The View and in Teen People. He lives in Austin, Texas.

"My Reality Check Bounced! reveals exactly how to break free of your real-world rut to find your authentic, meaningful path. This book should be required reading for all Twentysomethings!" --Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and The Success Principles "I've known Jason for six years, and in all six years I've seen him help people our age make life-changing decisions for the better. He is a real inspiration for our generation." --Kenan Thompson, actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live, Kenan & Kel "Jason Dorsey offers irresistable inspiration for quarterlifers in crisis. His step-by-step strategies will get you moving in the right direction." --Abby Miller, co-author, Quarterlife Crisis