Adulting 101: #Wisdom4Life – A Complete Guide on Life Planning, Responsibility and Goal Setting

Adulting (verb): To do grown-up things and have responsibilities such as working full time, paying rent, or owning a car.

Basic life skills go mostly untaught in classrooms, so graduates are on their own to figure out how to live successfully in the world. Without any guidance, where do you start? Adulting 101 is a clever, practical, and timely guide to show how to:

• Find a job and be wildly successful at work
• Buy the items you need as an adult (apartment, car, insurance)
• Set goals, prioritize, and get work done
• Communicate professionally and effectively
• Save and invest wisely
• Navigate personal and professional relationships
• Avoid the common mistakes of being out on your own
• And much, much more

This book will give you what you need to succeed and make a real impact, inspiring you to change the world and be the person you were meant to be.

Josh Burnette is a husband, dad, business owner, and author who currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, he started working for Chick-fil-A as a team member when he was barely old enough to see over the counter. He received his bachelor’s degree in business management from James Madison University in 2009 (Go Dukes!). Throughout college, he served as a Young Life leader for a local high school, and his passion for mentoring young people began. After graduating, he returned to Chick-fil-A and currently leads a free-standing restaurant employing over one hundred people in Little Rock.

Josh is a certified speaker with SCORRE workshops and in his free time, he enjoys reading, traveling, volunteering on several boards in the community, and snowboarding. Josh is married and has two children.

Pete Hardesty currently serves as the Young Life college divisional coordinator in the Eastern Division. After graduating from the University of Virginia where he was pre-med with the emphasis on “pre,” he joined the staff of Young Life in Virginia. Pete loves being around college students even though they make him feel old. He crammed his three years of grad school into seventeen and finally received his Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2014.

A passion for the Middle East has inspired Pete to lead Holy Land trips for the last ten years. He is a frequent international keynote speaker, speaking to groups as big as four thousand. He is also a speaker coach with SCORRE workshops and loves helping people become excellent communicators.