College Students Getting Advice at the Beginning

¶ … college students getting advice at the beginning of a new semester in school. The advice should be on the based not only on metaphysical and spiritual issues but also the life components. The writer suggests various areas that college students should be advised on. This advice is relevant to me as an individual as well as other college students. This is due to the fact that as a college student I lack basic knowledge that can be of assistance during my stay in college. Students don't get enough guidance from family members when they go to college that can be a useful guide through college. Some of the basic life lessons for instance are learned when in college that one would easily get guidance from a family member for instance the writer says that he only got to find out how he can spend and invest from an economist when he was in college. He goes ahead to say "my father, a good although not great investor, should have told me, but he was genuinely shy.

The advice given in the article is very relevant to me first the fact that in college one is privileged to learn important tasks i.e. thinking and working. Therefore from the advice I take it that I should not avoid these two tasks, the ability to think clearly is very rare therefore one is supposed to grasp everything from their professors. This is because the knowledge from the professors can enable one to get clear thoughts that can guide one throughout their life. There is further emphasis on the need to work and as a student am advised not to see work as slavery or captivity, I should otherwise take it as dignity, mental health and a grasp of reality. Furthermore it's said that work if combined with clear thoughts is the path to achievement and pride. This is very relevant to me as I get to understand the fact that work is key to unlocking all materials in the world.

The fact that high earnings are due to the choice of the right field is yet another relevant advice to me. Through this I can be able to make an informed decision when it comes to my choice of career as I will choose the right field that I am comfortable with hence maximize on it and make high earnings. Warren Bufett said in an annual report said that it's better to being ordinary in a great business as opposed to be great in a business that is mediocre. From this there is also an insight on fields like finance and law that are perceived as difficult fields and yet they are quite rewarding. Though emphasis is put on career choices that one likes, it's advised that on ventures into a field that pay better. It's also stated that one should not be bothered so much about connections when it comes to work since the writer stats that great economists do not really emphasize on the importance of connections.