Parents of teens
You're right. They're just not listening to you.
Jumpstart Your Life says what you have been saying about money, friends, work and character, in 101 short lessons from someone who is not their parent. Read the first chapter free and see if it lands.
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It is not your message. It is the messenger.
Every parent hits the same wall. You tell them to save some of every paycheck, to show up early, to pick friends who make them better. They nod, roll their eyes, and do it their way.
The advice is good. It just sounds like a lecture when it comes from you. The same words from a book, a coach or an older cousin suddenly sound like news.
That is why Nick and Vince wrote this book. It is the stuff their grandparents taught them, written so a teenager can read one lesson in a few minutes and not feel talked down to.
Three lessons parents send to their teens first
Plus 98 more across relationships, romance, wealth, health, diet, hygiene, work, education, influence and ethics.
Why it works for teens who tune out
- Short on purpose
- Most lessons are a page or two. Your teen can read one at breakfast and be done.
- Any order
- They can jump straight to money, dating or work. No chapter 1 homework.
- No preaching
- It talks to them like capable adults, not kids who need fixing.
- Gives you an opening
- Ask "what did you think of that one?" and you have a real conversation instead of a lecture.
How to hand it over without it feeling like homework
- Leave it somewhere they will find it, like the car or the kitchen counter, instead of making a speech.
- Point to one lesson that fits what they are going through right now, not the whole book.
- Read the same lesson yourself, then ask one question about it later in the week.
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.
Read the first chapter free
The dedication, introduction and opening relationship lessons, exactly as printed. Download it right after you sign up.
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Questions
What age is it for?
It is written for teens and young adults, roughly 13 to 25. Younger teens get the most from the relationship, hygiene and money lessons. Older teens and college students get more from work, wealth and influence.
What is in the free sample?
The dedication, the introduction, and the first relationship lessons, taken straight from the printed book as a PDF.
Will my teen actually read it?
Nobody can promise that, but the book is built for short attention spans: 101 lessons, most a page or two, readable in any order.
Let someone else say it for a change
Get the first chapter free, or pick up the book on Amazon.