Get Smarter : Life and Business Lessons

Want to learn some important lessons about business and life? Why not go straight to the source. Get Smarter is billionaire Schulich's brilliantly idiosyncratic and informative attempt to impart lessons learned in a lifetime to today's youth by someone who has achieved success in both his personal and professional life. In short, stand-alone chapters he covers such universal issues as: how to make a decision; manage all types of relationships; choose a career; deal with adversity; key business issues; investing lessons.

Advice that will last a lifetime ... from someone who knows.

"Schulich has a business school named after him. But when it comes to giving career advice, the former stock analyst who struck it rich ... is anything but academic. In Get Smarter ... he ladles out homespun wisdom in ... crisply written, anecdote-laden chapters aimed at 20- to 40-years olds, but golden at any age. He states his hope that each reader who invests time and money in the book will leave with 20 to 30 ideas---some that can help transform or shape their lives. In fact, he delivers."---The Globe and Mail

"Here's a suggestion for those football fans aged under 30 who spend Sunday afternoons watching a game that features five minutes of action and takes three-plus hours to play: Drag yourself away from the box for one that has been written by Seymour Schulich. The book is full of pearls of wisdom, advice, stories and thoughts across a variety of themes."---The National Post

Seymour Schulich is a self-made billionaire whose career has spanned stock brokerage, investment counseling, mining and the oil industry. He is among Canada's greatest philanthropists having donated in excess of $250 million to university faculties of business, medicine, dentistry, nursing, engineering, chemistry, and music. He has also endowed libraries, dormitories, honour courts, medical health centres, lecture, and music halls. Over 650 scholarships are awarded annually to students in Schulich schools. He holds degrees in science (chemistry), an MBA, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He holds Canada's highest civilian award---the Order of Canada. Mr. Schulich has been married to Tanna for close to 40 years and is privileged to have been blessed with a loyal sister, two wonderful daughters and sons-in-law, plus three exceptional grandchildren.
Derek Decloet is a business columnist for The Globe and Mail newspaper. He is married and lives in Toronto with his wife and son.