¶ … Patrick Combs
Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, And Get A Great Job by Patrick Combs seems to cover every aspect of college, career and life in very readable terms. His frank approach inspires and is also far more enjoyable and comprehensive than some other authors who write about career success. Combs' approach is both strong and weak but the inspirational nature of the book, plus the suggested resources, make the book very useful.
Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, And Get A Great Job by Patrick Combs is a pointed guide about success in college and employment. Combs stresses that success requires extraordinary determination and drive (Combs 3), with a passion as powerful as a forest fire (Combs 10). That passionate determination does not necessarily mean the highest GPA in a particular major; rather, prospective employers will want to know if a job applicant can complete work within deadlines, accomplish tasks under pressure, think analytically, work well with others in teams, write well, use a computer well, use time well, and dress suitably for the work environment (Combs 17). In sum, a successful person certainly uses college but does so in a creative way and learns marketable skills rather than a tunnel-visioned striving for high grades.
Combs also stresses a certain attitude for a successful career. In Combs' opinion, a person should pursue his/her passions because it's a waste of time to work at some job that doesn't interest him/her (Combs 21). Combs addresses the issue of money, as well, because money is certainly necessary but should not "buy" a person so he/she...
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