Book Reviews

“The purpose of You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way is to provide graduates a guidebook in learning the full cycle of life’s lessons. It provides a “blue-print” for the graduate to lay the groundwork for not only a successful career, but a successful life.”

--Bella Online Career Training

 
“In his book “You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way: Making It In the Real World,” author J.R. Parrish compiles a guide for high-school and college seniors. But I found the lessons to be a refresher course of Life 101 because, come on, we never stop learning.”

--Psych Central

 
“The true gift of this book is the lessons in thoughtfulness that may make you, or your son or daughter, a more loving and caring person.”

--Blog Critics

 
“Whenever I need a little advice and my mother is busy, I will definitely pick this up.”

--Grace’s Book Blog

 
“It is well written with applicable advice, is just over 280 pages long, and is easy to read.”

--Orato

 
“It is filled with proven advice on how to develop crucial people skills, avoid relationships that can derail one’s goals, establish one’s financial health, find mentors who can be dependable guides, and create good habits to further one’s success.”

--Bookviews

 
“I am giving my copy of You Don't Have to Learn the Hard Way to my son who is about to turn twenty-one, and hope he will benefit from these important life lessons that sadly do usually have to be learned the hard way.”

--Book Loons

 
“Hopefully I can keep these great lessons fresh in my memory to share with my children and when the time is right, hand You Don't Have to Learn the Hard Way:Making It in the Real World: A Guide for Graduates over to them to read. Simply put, this is the kind of book we all need on the family bookshelf!”

--The Family Reader

 
“You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way is a practical guidebook with useful self discovery quizzes and wise advice for high school and college graduates that prepares them for reality check of the adult world.”

--PJ Mommy