Lucy Ruiz starts where our education system falls short. She skillfully and pragmatically addresses real life issues that arise for teens and young adults every single day: How to create a budget, how to recognize and face your fears, knowing who you are and what you are good at (and what “not so much”.) She teaches clear personal strategies for creating your vision and other ways to make your goals clear to you.

She emphasizes the important role healthy relationships play in finding appropriate support, a resourceful network, and the relationships that feel right for you. Protecting yourself online, in romantic relationships, and how to set workable boundaries will help you preserve your space and energy so you can make the impact on the world that you were created to make.

With her many years of business and career coaching, she helps those just getting started with important things like building the kind of resume employers are looking for, and which emphasizes your unique skills and talents that make you stand out among your peers. She offers a ton of resources to help supplement what’s in the book, even having written a companion journal to keep all your thoughts in order, by creating little quizzes that help you remember the main points of the book and sear them into your brain.

Lucy’s got your back. She has a lifetime of knowledge and wisdom, and she’s openly sharing it with you so you can live with purpose and distinction without having to learn all of life’s important lessons that hard. I completely recommend this book.