This Is Worth Remembering: Graduation Wisdom for a New Tomorrow (An Illustrated Guide)---The Perfect Gift to Celebrate Your Grad [9781400256556]

Overview

Give your graduate the gift of wisdom, hope, and inspiration as they finish one journey and embark on a new one.

This is Worth Remembering will inspire your graduate with highlights from memorable commencement messages by leading thinkers, scientists, social activists, musicians, and more, all in a unique illustrated format from renowned New Yorker cartoonist Drew Dernavich.

Today’s graduates face a world where uncertainty abounds, but where opportunities await those who proceed with determination and wisdom.

This collection of encouraging and hopeful commencement speeches by individuals like Allyson Felix, Hank Green, Angela Duckworth, Patton Oswalt, and more will give your graduate the collective wisdom of some of today’s best and brightest, as they set off on the exciting road ahead.

Inside, your grad will find speeches on topics like:

• Using your creativity
• Finding connection in an isolating world
• Money vs. Happiness
• Extending empathy and compassion
• Technology vs. humanity
• Freedom and democracy

Each speech, told through Dernavich’s full-color illustrations, features a short bio and illustrated portrait of the speaker along with a visual representation of their inspiring words. From athletes and actors to economists and entrepreneurs—each of these accomplished speakers imparts wisdom that is truly worth remembering. 

With this book, your graduate can get the same kind of encouragement and wisdom as recent graduates of schools like Duke, William & Mary, Princeton, Georgia, Stanford, Michigan, and beyond, and gain inspiration for wherever life takes them in the future.

Laced with touches of humor and a prevailing theme of hope for the future, this book is the perfect gift for graduation or any new career or personal venture! This is Worth Remembering is also ideal for educators, info nerds, life coaches, business leaders, and more.