“Like advice from a wiser, funnier, older brother . . . Paul’s been there, done that, and wants to save you some pain and some trouble.”
—Seth Godin, New York Times bestseller and author of The Icarus Deception
“101 Secrets is a masterpiece. Full of brilliant advice wrapped in belly-laughing hilarity, Paul Angone has a true gift for troubleshooting the trials and tribulations of post-grad adulthood. This book is a must-read for twentysomethings and beyond who are struggling with how to navigate in today’s hyper-connected, chaotic world—and the book itself is formatted as a fun, engaging page-turner. Paul promises ‘wheelbarrows full of wisdom-stuffed pearls, laced with humor and vulnerability,’ and that’s exactly what you’re going to get. Just don’t ask him to whip you up a Venti half-caff 2.5-shot sugar-free-vanilla no-foam upside-down latte.”
—Jenny Blake, author of Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want
“You can be frustrated, fearful, and stressed out about your twenties, or you can read this book, get a wake-up call, and put yourself on the right path. Paul’s advice on how to be successful in your twenties is timely, important, and will help you feel more confident in your own skin.”
—Dan Schawbel, bestselling author of Me 2.0 and Promote Yourself
“This book is funny, heartfelt, and important. Your twenties are a time of life that most people tend to glamorize or dismiss. Paul does neither. I especially liked #6.”
—Jeff Goins, author of Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life
“I love this book. 101 Secrets For Your Twenties Second Edition, New Edition is like a concentrated blender-shot of fluorescent green, ice crystally advice, insight, and wisdom. Toss your head back and enjoy the cold jolt.”
—Neil Pasricha, author of the New York Times bestseller The Book of Awesome
“Life will never feel like it’s supposed to. That’s just one of the many motivating gems in Paul Angone’s 101 Secrets For Your Twenties Second Edition, New Edition, which is the mid-to-late millennials’ answer to the quarterlife crisis. As a companion to Paul’s successful website, AllGroanUp.com, the book gets to the heart of the worries on every twentysomething’s mind and addresses them with straight-talk and humor.”
—Alexandra Levit, author of Blind Spots: The 10 Business Myths You Can’t Afford to Believe on Your New Path to Success
“Paul gives humorously wise insights that will give twentysomethings a sneak peek of what’s to come, perspective that will help them breathe, and the reality that they aren’t alone. My top three . . . er . . . sixteen were: #2, #3, #7, #9, #18, #21, #24, #38, #47, #77, #80, #84, #87, #95, #100 and #10’s nineteenth sign made me say, “TRUTH!” out loud. Being the ripe over-30-year-old that I am, you can trust me.”
—Joy Eggerichs, author and founder of the Punchline Agency
“Paul is an emerging voice for this generation. He understands the unique struggle of those going through the rocky, ambiguous, thrilling decade of their twenties and has a gift for delivering rock solid truth packaged in laugh out loud humor.”
—Christine Hassler, author of 20 Something Manifesto, speaker, life coach
“Paul knows twentysomethings. He shares secrets that are really gold, even to non-twentysomethings. Gold to understanding twentysomethings. Gold to understanding today. Understanding this generation. Understanding your kids. The book helps me be a better father . . . a better pastor. I feel more prepared. Don’t tell my boys . . . or the young people at my church. It’s supposed to be a secret.”
—Ron Edmondson,pastor, organizational leadership consultant
What do you do when you hit your twenties and realize the life you knew for the last two decades has been changed, twisted, or hash-tagged into something you weren’t expecting?
Secret #12: Your twenties will produce more failure than you’ll choose to remember. The key is: when you fail, don’t begin calling yourself a failure.
Secret #35: Obsessive Comparison Disorder is the smallpox of our generation. Remember that everyone is too busy putting a PR spin on their Facebook profile to care much about yours.
Secret #44: The Freshman-Fifteen is nothing compared to the Cubicle-Cincuenta. Don’t sit at your computer perched like a Roman gargoyle letting office birthday cake be forced upon you.
Discover ninety-eight other secrets for rocking your post-college, grown-up life in this book!
“This book is a must-read for twentysomethings and beyond who are struggling with how to navigate in today’s hyper-connected, chaotic world—and the book itself is formatted as a fun, engaging page-turner.”
—Jenny Blake,author of Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want
“I always tell people that I’m enjoying my 30s way more than my 20s and now I know why: I didn’t have this book! Secrets #21 and #36 alone would have helped me through so many situations. I can’t tell you how happy I am that this book exists for the next generation!”
—Bryan Allain, author, creator of Killer Tribes
About the Author
PAUL ANGONE is passionately helping young adults, and those parenting them, as they navigate a confusing, difficult, and hopeful time of their lives—their twenties. Paul is as a national keynote speaker, media go-to, and the bestselling author of five books, including Moody titles, 101 Secrets For Your Twenties Second Edition, New Edition and 101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties. He is also the founder of AllGroanUp.com, a place for twenty-somethings asking “What now?” that has been read by millions of people in 190 countries. Paul graduated from Westmont College and then received his master’s degree at Azusa Pacific University. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, Naomi, and their four children.