{"product_id":"the-9-things-every-new-graduate-should-know","title":"The 9 Things Every New Graduate Should Know","description":"\u003cdiv data-test-id=\"accordion-text\" class=\"AccordionText-sc-870321c6-0 bJknrC\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"utils__FormattedParagraph-sc-19805faa-0 kEKByt\"\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"utils__FormattedParagraph-sc-19805faa-0 kEKByt\"\u003e In 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\n\u003cp class=\"utils__FormattedParagraph-sc-19805faa-0 kEKByt\"\u003e A few of these lessons: 1. Don'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. 2. Do 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. 3. The 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. 4. You 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thought Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51670283059517,"sku":"thghtctlg-th9thngsbk","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/1407\/1393\/files\/ThoughtCatalogThe9ThingsEveryNewGraduateShouldKnowbook.webp?v=1778002392","url":"https:\/\/jtwistliving.com\/products\/the-9-things-every-new-graduate-should-know","provider":"JTwist Living","version":"1.0","type":"link"}