title: Learning How To Get It Right: chapters, lessons & blessings of my life
author:  Shanell Kyles 
description: Shanell Kyles is a young mother from the outskirts of Ohio. Born as the middle child of 5 children and respecting the fundamentals of family. As a young child she had a troubling past and while trying to stay true to who she'd become, like many of us she lost herself-only to find out that she never knew who she was. After facing a detrimental event in her life and losing everything she once valued at the age of 27 Shanell began to return to what brought her the most value, and rock bottom became the solid foundation on which her life was rebuilt. Her first book Learning how to get it right was published 2 years later and since then she has become a motivational speaker, author, and activist.
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  For my sons, Logan and Zane
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Title Page](title.html)
  
  
  [Dedication](dedication.html)
  
  
  [Make It Look Impossible](chapter1.html)
  
  
  [Never Be Late, Except to Your Funeral](chapter2.html)
  
  
  [Never Let Them See You Sweat](chapter3.html)
  
  
  [You Learn More by Listening Than Speaking](chapter4.html)
  
  
  [Preparation Is the Key that Unlocks Most Things](chapter5.html)
  
  
  [Always Have an Exit Strategy](chapter6.html)
  
  
  [Trust Yourself, Trust Your Partners](chapter7.html)
  
  
  [Know Your Limits](chapter8.html)
  
  
  [Some Risks Are Worth Taking](chapter9.html)
  
  
  [Never Assume You’ve Gotten Away with It](chapter10.html)
  
  
  [Ask Yourself the Questions You Don’t Want to Answer](chapter11.html)
  
  
  [There’s No Place like Safe Homes](chapter12.html)
  
  
  [Some Threats Are Not Visible](chapter13.html)
  
  
  [Unexpected Help Never Comes Cheap](chapter14.html)
  
  
  [You Never Know When a Skill M