Secrets of the Young & Successful: How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime

The New York Times Best Seller, Secrets of the Young & Successful, explains how youth and inexperience can actually work for you even if you don't have a dazzling résumé or major league connections. Jennifer Kushell and Scott Kaufman, co-founders of Young & Successful Media Corp., reveal the steps and strategies for charting a non-conventional path to success. Packed with motivating profiles, anecdotes, and key ideas for strategizing, Secrets of the Young & Successful provides readers with an express ticket for anyone seeking an edge in getting ahead and staying there.

JENNIFER KUSHELL: At 31, Jennifer Kushell has lead a movement inspiring young people to achieve more with their lives for almost a decade. As the President and Co-founder of Young & Successful Media Corp., and as a relentless advocate for her generation, her efforts continuously impact the lives and futures of millions. To reach the most creative, ambitious, inspired and entrepreneurial movers and shakers in the 18-34 year-old demographic companies, non-profits, and even governmental organizations turn to Jennifer and Young & Successful Media for unparalleled access to this audience for an intimate understanding of what drives and inspires them at their core. Called a "guru" of her generation by US News & World Report, Jennifer has appeared in front of over 150 million people throughout the world via major media such as CNN, CNBC, CBS, ABC News with Peter Jennings, FOX News, Montel, BBC, NPR, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Fortune, USA Today, Business Week, Entrepreneur, Cosmopolitan, and Seventeen. She also sources over 400 journalists on trends that affect young people and inspire them lead extraordinary lives. SCOTT KAUFMAN: Scott Kaufman, co-founder of Young & Successful Media Corp. is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Secrets of the Young & Successful - How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime, the first "real world" guidebook of its kind specifically written to help 18-34 year-olds catapult themselves down the path to incredible success in any career or industry they're passionate about in record time. He has been featured on the cover of a special section of The Wall Street Journal, and in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Forbes.com, and Entrepreneur Magazine. Kaufman and the Y&S Media team have worked with a variety of major corporations and organizations including: VISA, MSN, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, American Express, Business Week Inc., MTV, 1-800-FLOWERS, SUBWAY, Mobil Oil, Oxygen Media, SCORE/Kaplan, Junior Chamber International, and the Australian Government. Prior to co-founding Y&S Media, Kaufman created a successful restaurant and franchise development company, and has been called upon as a strategic consultant for companies such as American Express, GE Capital, GoodTimes Entertainment, Empress Travel, Jack in the Box, Qdoba, Ranch*1, Surf City Squeeze, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Silver Diner. He was the youngest member appointed to the board of the California Restaurant Association.