IF I’D KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW: WHY NOT LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS? YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MAKE THEM ALL YOURSELF!
Book ID/图书代码： 14940114B75874
English Summary/英文概要： If I’d Known Then What I Know Now is an inspiring, Pay It Forward-type manifesto for achieving success and happiness from childhood to retirement. Equally suitable for anyone from eight to eighty, it is actually a life guide or map that will help the reader traverse the roads of life, showing how to avoid the minefields and grab the gold ring by making the best choices when facing life’s most important decisions.
The great value for readers is that they get the answers on what to do before they need to make the decision. So, the thirteen-year-old gets to learn the do’s and don’ts of successful dating before ever going out on that first date. The newlywed learns about parenting before actually becoming one. This handbook for life will remain with readers year after year, helping them with life’s most important decisions at just the time when they need the information.
If I’d Known Then What I Know Now is packed with wisdom for people of all ages. Its simple style incorporates humor and storytelling to teach people how to learn from the mistakes of those who have gone before them. Opening with three of life’s most important principles for success regardless of age, the book is then organized in a handy lesson-by-lesson format with an eye toward age appropriateness. Lesson one, for example, is geared to seven- to fifteen-year-olds, and covers such topics as dealing with mom and dad, school, manners, and good habits. By lesson five, for those fifty-five and up, it’s more concerned with investments, health, retirement planning, and growing older gracefully.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《如果那时我知道现在我所知道的》是一本鼓舞人心的书，同时将其视为一份先进性的宣言吧，它将帮助我们取得成功，获得快乐，从童年时代直至退休。对于任何8至80岁的人群都适用，这实际上是一份生活指南或者是地图，其将帮助读者穿过贯穿于生活中的条条道路，通过向我们展示如何躲避生活中的布雷区。同时，在面对生活中最重要的决定的时候，它会教你做出最好的决定，从而戴上梦寐以求的金戒指。
对于读者来说最大的价值是，在他们需要做出决定前，他们会得到怎样去做的答案。因此，在出去进行第一次约会之前，13岁的孩子会通过本书懂得在一次成功的约会当中，哪些该做，哪些又不该做。新婚父母学习怎样教育他们的孩子，在他们真的为人父母之前。这本生活指南将会年复一年的伴随着读者，在他们需要信息的时候，会帮助读者做出生活中最重要的决定。
《如果那时我知道现在我所知道的》一书充满着智慧，对于任何年龄阶层的人来说都适用。简简单单的写作风格融合了幽默和故事，帮助人们从前人犯过的错误当中吸取教训，获得经验。以成功路上无关年龄而三条最重要的人生准则作为开始，本书随后以一种便捷的一课紧接着一课的格式被编排，其中对于不同的年龄层都有各自的见解。比如说，第一课针对的是7至15岁的孩子，本课讨论了诸如怎样跟父母相处，学校、规则及养成良好的习惯等话题。到了第五课的时候，对那些已经是55岁或者岁数更高的人群，则更关注于投资，健康，退休计划以及优雅的变老等话题。（LNL）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 他没有受过正规的大学教育，在朋友的帮助下，J.R帕里什从佐治亚州梅肯的一条臭烘烘的街道冉冉升起，成为了一家世界500强公司的顶级推销员。
当在硅谷建立并管理了其中一家最成功的商业地产公司以后，他在55岁的时候于退休去了夏威夷。然后，他写下了这本书，为了帮助那些在人生道路上未能有幸拥有属于自己导师的人。他的下一个目标是使美国的每所学校都能开设并传授一门“人类关系”的课程。
Aided by his mentors, and without benefit of a college education, J. R. Parrish rose from living on a dirt street in Macon, Georgia to being top salesman in the USA for a Fortune 500 company. After founding and operating one of the most successful commercial real estate firms in Silicon Valley, he retired to Hawaii at age fifty-five. He then wrote this book to help all those who might not be lucky enough to have their own personal mentor. His next goal is to get the subject of "Human Relations" taught in every school in America as the fourth "R."
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