The style is causal, well written and interesting. The text is filled with quotation marks imparting almost a personal feeling between reader and subject. Sure to pique reader's interest. Very well done.

What now? It's the looming question twenty-somethings ask themselves once they've graudated from university or college and are faced with the prospect of entering the real world.

Since most new graduates experience some form of uncertainty about what to do next in their lives, the authors figured the best way to find out how to achieve success was from Canadians who had already done it. Luckily for the rest of us, most interviewees confirmed that their early years were just as uncertain and restless as one might expect.

Three new authors hope their book will answer an illuminating question " how did some of Canada's most famous and successful individuals get to where they are today?"

What are your plans now?" Any recent graduate who gets asked that inevitable question will appreciate the insightful and eclectic interviews gathered in the new book, Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got their Start. Authors Alexander Herman, Paul Matthews and Andrew Feindel, all high school friends, experienced that uncertainty when university is completed and going onto that next step is often un-definable and overwhelming.

Multimedia westcoaster Richard Dettman interviewed Alexander over the weekend for News 1130, on Vancouver’s famed AM band.

What could be more fascinating than finding out that as a university student, Home Depot Canada president Annette Verschuren earned an award for downing a beer in four seconds?

"We were kind of lost and didn't know what to do," said Herman, 26, who is studying law at McGill University. So they took a year off, wrote hundreds of letters to people they imagined could teach them something, and after getting approval from 70, embarked on a cross-Canada interview tour.

Alexander Herman and Andrew Feindel were featured on the morning show.

Alexander Herman was featured on the evening show.

Alexander Herman and Andrew Feindel were featured on the CBC noon show in the Maritimes.

Everyone can succeed. Just ask those who have.

Voice of experience invaluable as young people launch careers.