Grandparents
Pass down what you know, in a book they will actually read.
Jumpstart Your Life is 101 short lessons on money, relationships, work and character, written by two cousins to honor the grandparents who raised them right. It is the kind of advice you would give, wrapped up as a gift.
Inspired by Stephen and Helen Irmo, who raised seven children.
Gift cards get spent. Good advice gets kept.
Buying for a teenage grandchild is hard. They seem to have everything, and what they want changes by the week.
What they do not have yet is the wisdom you picked up over a lifetime: how to handle money, how to treat people, how to work hard without losing yourself.
This book was written for exactly that hand-off. Nick and Vince built it from what their own grandparents taught them at the kitchen table.
Lessons that sound a lot like Grandma and Grandpa
Plus 98 more across relationships, romance, wealth, health, diet, hygiene, work, education, influence and ethics.
Why grandparents choose it
- It carries your values
- Integrity, generosity, hard work and family. The same things you have been modeling for years.
- It is a keeper
- A book they can come back to at 16, at 20 and at 25 as life catches up with the lessons.
- It starts conversations
- Ask which lesson they liked best next time you visit. You will learn a lot about them.
- Easy to give
- Order it on Amazon and have it shipped straight to them, or bring it to the next visit.
Make it personal
- Write a short note inside the cover about one lesson you learned the hard way.
- Fold down the page of the lesson that sounds most like you, and tell them why.
- Pair it with something from your own life: a recipe, a photo, or a story they have not heard.
Written by two cousins, for the next generation
Nicholas Gabriel Irmo is a marketer, entrepreneur, husband and father. Vincent Palizzolo Polyanov is a public servant, military veteran and father of two. They wrote Jumpstart Your Life to pass on what their grandparents, Stephen and Helen Irmo, taught the family while raising seven children.
137 pages, 101 lessons, 10 topics, written for ages 13 to 25.
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Questions
What age grandchild is it for?
Teens and young adults, roughly 13 to 25. It works especially well for a high school or college graduate, or a grandchild about to start their first job.
Is it preachy?
No. The lessons are short and practical, and they talk to young people as capable adults. Each one stands on its own.
Who wrote it?
Cousins Nicholas Gabriel Irmo, a marketer, entrepreneur and father, and Vincent Palizzolo Polyanov, a public servant, military veteran and father of two. It is dedicated to their grandparents, Stephen and Helen Irmo.
Give them a little of your wisdom
101 lessons, inspired by three generations of one family.