Just like we did with the Letters to New Moms series, ChicagoNow bloggers have once again joined forces to share our life wisdom in a new series, Advice to New Graduates. One of the things I love most about being a CN blogger is that, although each blogger develops his or her own individual brand, we can come together to share our collective perspectives and create something greater than any of us could have created on our own.

Of course, with graduation season comes graduation speeches and lots of advice. Most graduation speakers are less than memorable. My high school graduation keynote address was delivered by a member of the school board and my college graduation address was given by Bill Kurtis. I have no idea what he said.

The memorable graduation speech advice I’ve ever heard, was delivered a couple of years ago at my alma mater Lake Forest College (I’m not biased). I don’t remember the name of the speaker, but he told the graduates, “Remember, Weebles wobble, but they don’t fall down. Be a Weeble.” He said this in the context that failure happens, but as long as we get up and learn from our failures, we don’t really fail.

The advice doled out to new graduates from ChicagoNow bloggers is truly life advice and applicable to all of us, no matter our stage in life. Fortunately, you don’t need to worry about forgetting any of this sage advice because it will always be right here.

Take a read of these tremendous posts. I’m sure you’ll be glad you did.

And share your personal advice to new graduates in the comments below.

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