The Turbulent Twenties Survival Guide: Figuring Out Who You Are, What You Want, and Where You're Going After College

Marcos Salazar

New Harbinger Publications, 2006 - Education - 207 pages

You've graduated from college. Now what?

It's a question that everyone in your position has to answer. But as soon as you ask it, that one question can lead to countless others: Who am I? Where am I going? What are my passions in life? Am I making the right decisions? Why is it so difficult to meet people? Will I ever find a job that I love? Will I ever truly be happy? And once you think you've found the answers, you still have to do--something.

Your academic education has prepared you for practical tasks like finding a job or a place to live, but many of the challenges you'll face after college require a different set of skills that are psychological in nature. This book can help you develop these skills by putting the most cutting-edge psychological research at your fingertips to help you overcome the obstacles you'll face throughout this trying and exciting time in your life.

The Turbulent Twenties Survival Guide is your roadmap to:

• Developing the independence and self-reliance to accomplish your goals
• Coping with uncertainty, doubt, and postcollege depression
• Managing today's overwhelming number of choices
• Cultivating the emotional intelligence to make it in today's economy
• Exploring ways to build a supportive community of friends and loved ones

The Turbulent Twenties Survival Guide is truly a remarkable and much needed guide to life after college. It will help young people deal with the psychological challenges that arise upon graduation from college. A must read!
-Ronald F. Levant, Ed.D., ABPP, dean and professor of psychology at the University of Akron and coeditor ofA New Psychology of Men

Contents

• how do you know you are making the right decisions?: 72
• Managing the Tyranny of Choice: 80
• Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Your Decisions: 84
• Who Are You Listening To?: 89
• how do you conquer the postcollege blues?: 98
• A Generation Plagued by Helplessness: 103
• Powering Up Your Positivity: 108
• Writing Away the Blues: 113
• The Exercise Solution to Depression: 119
• Trying Out Therapy: 123
• There Really Are No Such Things as Problems: 127
• how do you survive in todays working world?: 130
• A New Kind of Work Intelligence: 140
• Dealing with Workplace Culture: 153
• Creating Happiness in Any Type of Work You Do: 160
• what kind of people do you want in your life?: 168
• The New Social Support SystemsUrban Tribes: 177
• How Can You Meet New People?: 179
• Managing Your Relationships with Emotional Intelligence: 182
• A Time for Exploring Yourself and Others: 187
• conclusion: 193

About the author

Marcos Salazar is a researcher for the American Psychological Association, where he studies trends in the workforce and education system within psychology. He is a certified leadership coach by The George Washington University and specializes in life coaching for twentysomethings. He is also co-owner of Slaphappy Ventures, LLC, which operates www.DistrictTees com and www.SlaphappyTees.com.You can also visit him at his website, www.TurbulentTwenties.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Turbulent Twenties Survival Guide: Figuring Out Who You Are, What You Want, and Where You're Going After College; Personal Development Series
• Author: Marcos Salazar
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2006
• ISBN: 1572244216, 9781572244214
• Length: 207 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / General; Education / Schools / Levels / Higher; Family & Relationships / Life Stages / General; Reference / Personal & Practical Guides; Self-Help / Personal Growth / General