The Day After Graduation - Softcover

Francis Brazeau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978753607 ISBN 13: 9780978753603

Publisher: self published, 2006

Synopsis

This book is designed for the student as an introduction to the new world they now face. The chapters will guide you in the how-to's of living a successful life. Learn how to apply for a job, how to sell a product, how to be financially independent, how to become more self confident, how to stay out of debt, and how to invest and save money and other how to's needed to create "The Good Life." We are all given X minutes of life. No one knows what his or her X is. Some have very few. How we use these precious moments, which turn into hours, days, months and years, is somewhat up to each person. But why do some have to wait for years to learn what they could have learned, while still young, to go out into the real world with more business savvy? The answer is quite simple - you will find it in this book.

About this title

About the Author

Francis Brazeau, born August 28, 1921 in Coleman, Wisconsin Grade and high school: Coleman, WI College: Oshkosh State Teachers College, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1940 & 1941 December 15, 1941, enlisted in ARmy Air Corps, WWII, honorably discharged as a Technical Sergeant, March 30, 1946 Father of six daughters, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren, is in excellent health, and has a wealth of friends all over the USA. His summers are spent in South Bend, Indiana, winters in Bonita Springs, Florida, and he is very happily married to Eleanor Brademas but regrets the loss of three siblings, a brother and two sisters, many former business acquaintances and almost all his army buddies. Business life: Opened and operated a dry cleaning establishment in Cambridge, Wisconsin, 1946 through 1950. Started a franchise bookkeeping and tax service in South Bend, Indiana, January 1951-1970, with the Accounting Corp. of America. During that time three of his clients, Col. Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fame, Dave Thomas of Wendy's Famous Hamburgers, and Erman and Roy Beck of Beck Welding in Elkhart, Indiana, were good friends and went on to become quite wealthy. In addition to taking Accounting and Income Tax courses at Indiana Univ., South Bend, Indiana, he obtained a securities license, insurance license and Real Estate license, and wrote a book on preparation of income taxes. 1971-1982: took a sales managers position with the Accounting Corp. of America. 1983-1986: operated a computer service bureau in Detroit, Michigan. In 1986, he retired and relocated to South Bend, Indiana. In his retirement, he has done a lot of reading and wrote his own life story. His latest venture into writing is the book titled "The Day After Graduation."

Edition details

• Publisher: self published
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0978753607
• ISBN 13: 9780978753603
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: James Borden
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Self