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Summary: It's Just a Fantastic Book
Review: I met Patrick two years ago in my school. His presentation was very inspiring. I bought the book and ever since things have changed. I just did an intership in Washington DC last summer. I have another lined up, but this time in Puerto Rico. I got involved in my school and became the student trustee. The highest position a student can hold in my school. I just was notified that i will be in the "Who is who among students in community colleges" Indeed, I highly recommend this book. It has many excellent tips that one can use not only to succeed in school, but in life as a whole.
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Summary: Meeting Him Personally Was Only Better Than His Book
Review: I personally met Patrick Combs my first year on campus. He really knows what he is talking about when it comes to success. This book landed me an intership with Merrill Lynch and a possible carreer landing. If there is one book to read, this is the one.
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Summary: Great book for college and pre-college students
Review: I purchased MAJOR IN SUCCESS in March of 1995 for the Career library at Mary Washington College and was immediately impressed by the lively writing and fresh, funny approach to a topic (career/college planning) that is often dreaded and perceived as "dull". I have recommended this book to many MWC students. Patrick does a great job of keeping the reader entertained and informed throughout the text. Now I am about to order the 1998 edition for our Career library, and will continue to recommend it to students.
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Summary: Occasional Gems Scattered Among the Fluff
Review: I see the same word appearing in many of these reviews: FLUFF.True. It's "fluffy." A lot of gunk. Many paragraphs could have been omitted entirely. Actually, perhaps a chapter or two didn't help me AT ALL and I can't imagine them helping anyone. Those are the BAD points. The good points: Interesting quotes and "hot tips" in the margins, inspirational and fascinating success stories, funny anecdotes, an interesting author, and little bits you can interest people with in dinner conversations: for instance, the many publishers who are now kicking themselves for having turned down the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books when it fell into their laps. This book will do the most for people who are actually BUMMED to be going to college: it will be a pick-me-up and really inspire you to a point where you jump headfirst into the entire college/internship/career scene and follow almost all the advice in the book. If you already have a good college philosophy and are a motivated person, there's not much this book can tell you--save your money.
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Summary: Occasional Gems Scattered Among the Fluff
Review: I see the same word appearing in many of these reviews: FLUFF. True. It's "fluffy." A lot of gunk. Many paragraphs could have been omitted entirely. Actually, perhaps a chapter or two didn't help me AT ALL and I can't imagine them helping anyone. Those are the BAD points. The good points: Interesting quotes and "hot tips" in the margins, inspirational and fascinating success stories, funny anecdotes, an interesting author, and little bits you can interest people with in dinner conversations: for instance, the many publishers who are now kicking themselves for having turned down the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books when it fell into their laps. This book will do the most for people who are actually BUMMED to be going to college: it will be a pick-me-up and really inspire you to a point where you jump headfirst into the entire college/internship/career scene and follow almost all the advice in the book. If you already have a good college philosophy and are a motivated person, there's not much this book can tell you--save your money.
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Summary: This guy can change your life
Review: I wish with all my heart I had had this book when I was in college twenty years ago. I would have saved myself at least a decade of bad career choices, and that's the truth. The one thing they don't teach in high school and college is how to build a fulfilling career and happy life. Are you on track to do precisely what you want with your time on this planet? If not, and you'd like to change things, Patrick's book has both information and inspiration to get you going. It's the kind of book that, after you finish, you can still leave around on the coffee table and flip open on bad days, reminding yourself of where you're headed. Since our careers cross paths sometimes, I've had the honor of getting to know Patrick a bit over the years. The guy is 100% for real, and so is this book. And to the reviewer who complained that the book doesn't include stories of people who wound up bitter... the truth is, people who commit themselves to enriching other people's lives have already won the game as soon as they've started, whether or not the world responds the way a more selfish person would like. As soon as you truly begin the project of designing a life around the values and dreams you cherish most, in a real sense, you've already won.
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Summary: MUST READ FOR ALL !!
Review: If you have already made it, then pass it on. Fed up at my possibilities at age 50 and fed up with the system I was introduced in my college years, I have spent thousands of dollars in the past couple of years for the information in this book. This is an absolute MUST READ for every person stuck in a dead end rut, as well as the young person thinking about life after high school. All the answers are here for the proper mind set, which is tantamount for harnessing passion for life after high school. This author has it all together in terms of offering proper advice speaking to passion and not academics!! I can't say enough about how refreshing this read is.........Go for all he has to share. So many websites and phone referrals..get your highlighter out. You will have plenty of action to follow up on.......FABULOUS book for the young person and reiteration for the already entrepreneur......GREAT BOOK! It will not disappoint!
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Summary: Recycled & Unoriginal Self Help Fluff
Review: If you seek your career advice from TV Stars and Celebrities then this is for you. While the advice is somewhat solid, it is a shame that it seems to be recycled from just about every self help guru and career expert who came before him.
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Summary: A book that changes lives!
Review: Major in Success is the ultimate resource. It not only tells you what incredible things you can do to get your dream job, but it also gives you the nuts and bolts you need to make your dreams come true. It gives you phone numbers and web sites and addresses to get you closer to your dreams. Best of all, Major in Success kept me entertained, interested, and even laughing, the whole way through. Major in Success is different than anything I'd read before because it is written for college students and is practical, helpful. And I love the way it is laid out with fun things like, entertaining cartoons, inspirational quotes, and hot tips. This book was written by a young guy who's very successful and knows what he is talking about- he knows what works and what doesn't work because he's experienced it. Patrick loaded it full of stories about college students who got great jobs. All these stories made me realize that ordinary people do extraordinary things. It truly gave me a whole new level of belief in myself and in what I could do. This book changed my life- it could change your life too!
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Summary: Self-help fluff.
Review: My "Foundations of Inquiry" teacher took another reviewer's advice, and required it for her class. This book is complete fluff! Almost the entire book is the standard "follow your dream" garbage, and the rest is on how money will not make you happy. I read the book, and found that I had already followed nearly all of his relevent advice years prior to reading the book. I find it insulting to be forced to read a book like this, and so should anyone else. Ask yourself a few questions: (1) If I'm not confident enough to do what I want, will a badly written peice of faux-inspirational fluff give me confidence? (2) If it is the author's view that money will not make me happy, why does he spend *so* much time talking about it (and how you too can make it via your dream job)? (3) The author has dozens of "success" stories throughout the book. What about the people who followed his advice and ended up bitter failures? Perhaps he should tell the reader about these so he/she can make an informed choice! The only advice that I would classify as really good advice is in one of the last chapters. It is on credit cards, and other financial matters. Again I already knew the material, but I think this is probably the most valuable advice in the book. I've known several people who have had to drop out of college because of credit card debt. The book is also riddled with logical problems, non sequiturs, and is generally not very well written. In one place he cites a person who went into politics after recieving a degree in history as someone who went outside his major. Why did he include such a horrible example?!? I've personally known better examples, and I'm sure he recieved many others. In another place he gives the salary of a dog walker in NYC as $(...). That certainly sounds like a lot, but in NYC, the cost of living is much higher. He doesn't mention this. I found his ideas that academics are all out of touch with reality a little hard to swallow. Many academics that I know seem very grounded, and are really bright, funny people. They are also one of the most productive segments of society in terms of science & technology. I would certainly not put inspirational book authors in the same category. If you're a teacher, don't require this book for a class. I found it both personally insulting to be forced to read it, and a complete waste of my time. I don't really believe that the "courage to follow your dreams" is something which can be taught. I've known a lot of insecure people in my life, and I rather doubt that this book would help most of them. To teachers: try focusing on actual material, as opposed to fluff.
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