From SavingAdvice.com:

“You’ve finally done it — earned that coveted diploma. You’re feeling a bit cocky. Your parents are wondering why they had to pay for your expensive education when you already knew everything.

Now it’s time to enter The Real World, the place that you have talked about for years as if it were a planet in a distant galaxy. There are definitely things you need to know about life in your new reality. Some of it may sound vaguely familiar and ho-hum. Or it may be written in the foreign language of that planet. But one thing’s for sure: you don’t want to hear about any of it. Here are 23 pieces of valuable advice, in no particular order. Ignore them at your peril.”

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I love this list which ranges from number 6, Spend less than you earn to number 23, Don’t sleep with your boss. I wonder how common that last one is. This is a very ‘real’ list that should be required reading by most college grads. Some of them, I might add could write a list like this or better!