I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .

The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life

De: Dana Perino

Narrado por: Dana Perino, Stephanie Gish, Roger Wayne

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

Terrific advice, insightful stories, and powerful life lessons curated by Dana Perino the #1 New York Times bestselling author of And the Good News Is . . . and beloved co-host of Fox News' The Five and America’s Newsroom, inspired by her friends and colleagues.

I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . . is a blueprint for success in your life and career. An all-star line-up of Dana’s lifelong friends and Fox News personalities with wide-ranging talents and accomplishments share amazing stories about their own experiences, offering invaluable guidance and wisdom on a range of subjects, including:

• Finding the right path and getting your foot in the door;
• How to break out in your job and get recognized;
• Making a transition in your career and betting on yourself;
• How to keep improving and adding new skills;
• Balancing relationships, avoiding burnout, and having a life;
• And much more.

This illuminating and essential book is ideal for new graduates and everyone starting their first job; professionals thinking about making a change, transitioning into a different position, or phasing into a new career or act in life; and anyone looking for timeless insight and a helpful resource for self-improvement and career enhancement.

Contributors include: Bret Baier, Dierks Bentley, Ainsley Earhardt, Jimmy Failla, Harold Ford Jr., Trey Gowdy, Greg Gutfeld, Benjamin Hall, Bill Hemmer, Lawrence Jones, Martha MacCallum, Charles Payne, Judge Jeanine Pirro, John Roberts, Mike Rowe, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Watters, Salena Zito, Tyrus, and many more.

©2025 Dana Perino (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Great advice.

Dana is so good at great advice and she sought wonderful insight from her colleagues and friends. So much to learn!

Valuable

I will be purchasing this for my nieces. This book is stuffed valuable information. The girls are teenagers and could get the most benefit for this.

Dana is so positive and wonderful.

I really liked it. She speaks so wonderful. Positive and funny. No swearing or rudeness

Great & inspiring words

I’ve always admired Dana Perino so looked forward to this book. There are some great thoughts from a lot of familiar people and people that I also think very highly of.

The advice is down to earth but sometimes things you wouldn’t just think of - really good for younger people or people still trying to figure out a career path. Many different nuggets to pass on to others who are like Dana when she started out & wish someone had told them.

Good advice for a young person

Great book- but not for me at this time of life! Passed in to Daughter-

A great listen for leaders!

As a business leader, I picked up nuggets of knowledge related to business, personal life, and executive presence.

A gem in my life

I wake up every morning M-F at 7AM CST to be ready with my coffee at 8AM while watching the news with Dana and Bill.
I get my first news of the day.

Who is this book centered for

I think overall this is an excellent book. But in the beginning I felt this book would be great for young adults as the first 2-3 chapters seem to focus on late Highschool to college level. But then the next chapters centered on issues that is too inclusive so that this group will probably not finish the book. I will try to convince my 3 college age grand children to read the book as it helps them understand what really matters. There are so many great issues that are amplified but I don’t feel they will get the messages.

One other point is the total lack of interviewing the most successful modern day reporter. It is clear that Ms Perino did not want to interview the one person who has 50 years of experience should have been interviewed , Mr Bill O’Reilly. Yes he was taken down by Fox but his ability to help the millions of people with his nightly program is unsurpassed. He should have been consulted with some views that would help the book become a 5 star read. Perhaps he declined but should have at least been mentioned. Also Chris Como would have been an excellent commentator on a number of issues.

This is why I can’t give it more than 3 stars.

Retired but still great listening and very informative

Being an avid Fox News viewer it was great to hear the perspective and stories of all the people I watch every day!

Voices sounded AI

I wanted to like this book. I’ve always been a fan of Dana’s but some of the voices sounded fake, forced and emotionless. If someone is going to offer advice to pray or share a Bible verse, it should have feelings conveyed. It just sounded so forced or scripted that they was it was read came across as sarcastic and fake. As such, it made this very hard to listen to and made me regret my purchase.