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We’ve added, herein, the Contents pages for you to peruse. As a bonus, our book exhibits a number of inspirational mini-posters throughout the book. A sample is included below. Enjoy!
1. Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- SECTION I The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- HOW to KNOW WHAT IS of VALUE to YOUR CHILD’S FUTURE
- Billions of dollars wasted / Millions of years lost
- JUST for PARENTS
- PRE-TEST
- A NATION FAR MORE at RISK
- Points to ponder
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOTES
- Screen-based technology and kids
- JUNIOR HIGH and HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
- IT’S all ABOUT MATURITY
- About your sons
- A SIMPLE TEST of MATURATION
- ANYTHING but COLLEGE
- Eight reasons to avoid college
- Nine college graduate horror stories
- The NATION’S BRUTAL LOAN CRISIS
- Points to ponder
- It’s all in the math
- SECTION II The Land of Milk and Honey
- TAKING TIME to GROW
- LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES
- Volunteer opportunities and adventure programs
- Volunteer adventure programs
- Volunteer vacations
- Unique self-discovery gap year programs
- Massive open online courses
- Just for kids and teens
- Travel the world
- Growing up alongside mother nature
- Coding bootcamps
- Adventure jobs
- Homemade jobs
- Today’s military opportunities
- What on earth is that?
- YOUR HIGHER EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT PLANS
- My higher education achievement plan
- My college/trade school code of honor
- The Hulk Hogan oral defense
- COLLEGE BOUND
- Impressing the admissions committee
- The not-all-knowing gods
- There’s a college for that!
- Best down-to-earth college degrees
- Worst-paying college majors
College pointers - Earn a college degree for free
- Unique colleges for non-traditional students
- Companies that help pay for college
- After graduation professional development
- STRAIGHT INTO the WORKFORCE
- Work that is high school friendly
- Holly cow—a high school degree can take me that high?
- APPRENTICESHIPS
- Highlighting a few apprenticeship programs
- Points to ponder
- TRADE SCHOOLS—the LAND OF RICH OPPORTUNITY
- Points to ponder
- The 10 advantages of attending a trade school
- What to watch for
- Three case scenarios—the fruits of good homework
- Trade schools that are out of the ordinary
- High paying vocational professions
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE
- Eleven great reasons to attend a community college
- Corporations are turning to community college
- Top 10 technical programs
- The Highest Paid PROFESSION in the WORLD
- 10 reasons to get into sales
- A few success stories
- 50 of the best sales quotes on the planet
- The author’s quotes on sales and life
- JOBS of the FUTURE
- ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY
- Wealthy teenage entrepreneurs
- A fortune before age 35
- Three plans to jumpstart a young adult startup
- 16 stories of blood, sweat and tears
- An exercise in the “what if . . .”
- Other business ideas to look into
- Top 14 undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies
- CONCLUSION
- RESOURCES
- The ENDING–and the BEGINNING!
2. Mini-Poster Example

When climbing up in life, remember: it’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.