Wisdom For A Young CEO

by Douglas Barry

At age fourteen, Douglas Barry wondered what to do with his life. The precocious, career-minded teen started writing to CEOs to find out what it took to become a successful business leader. Here’s the Miniature Edition™ of the book that resulted from their responses?and it’s a perfect gift for the spring graduation market.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 26, 2005

Reviews

[Rob]

A 14 year kid wrote hundreds of CEOs asking them how they got to be successful. This book is a collection of their responses.

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kid writes letters to CEO's, get responses back. Worth fifty cents and a little bit of time..... not a waste of your time, because it won't take that much.

as you would imagine, lots of repetition and no groundbreaking insights.

The sweeter book title would be 'I did no work really, got a book published, and probably got a scholarship to school cuz I wrote these CEO folks...'

[Andy Claremont · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I start losing confidence about what I'm doing, this book is a good slap-in-the-face wake up call. Success comes from working hard and working smart, taking advantage of opportunities and rolling with the punches.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping for more from this book. There are a few good highlights, but really it's one of those books to read in small chunks at a time.

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

A quick read but not quite worth the time. A few good quotes to think about but nothing extraordinary.