Kickstart : How Successful Canadians Got Started (Large type / large print ed)

In 2005, recent graduates Alex Herman, Paul Matthews, and Andrew Feindel realized they werent entirely sure where they were going in life.

Then they had an idea. Over the next two years, they interviewed 70 well-known Canadians and asked them how they got started.

The answers they found were not always what they expected.

Kickstart profiles over 30 prominent Canadians, including professional athletes (former CFL star Norman Kwong), TV personalities (Valerie Pringle), Native leaders (Matthew Coon Come), and former prime ministers (Brian Mulroney).

Their collective wisdom, offered in their own words, just might help readers ''''kickstart'''' their own lives and careers.