Major in Success

In the book “Major in Success”, author Patrick Combs illustrates through examples and motivates the reader to pursue his/her dreams. He aims to provide the morale support required to ooze the potential out of the reader. In fulfilling this task, he mentions the insignificance of a student’s grades and his choice of a major. Grades define the commencement of one’s career and not being able to maximize your GPA would mean loss of opportunity in terms of time. As far as a major is concerned, a student, who has realized his dreams in earlier stages of his life excels in the chosen field way more than someone who has barely any knowledge of where he/she is headed. The definition of success is subjective. Firstly, it is not measurable, but we will stick to measuring success with money because that is the conservative approach that the society uses today. Since there are two ways of earning money, jobs or proprietorship, means of earning success are also two. For some, it may mean being successful in his/her job, while for others, having a job is a failure, but owning a company is success. Grades are necessary because it shows your potential to the world. If your definition of success is an entrepreneurial venture, you need not prove your potential to anyone, but yourself, in which case, grades do not matter. For these people, Combs’ advice must be taken with a grain of salt. If their grades do not depict the maximum of their capability, probability is higher that they will be unemployed. For almost every recruitment manager sets a minimum GPA in order to even qualify to attain an interviewing opportunity. To be able to prove your caliber to a proprietor, high flying GPAs are more than a prerequisite.

Combs talks about the idea of being more of a learner than being knowledgeable. As much as this is an excellent approach to life, it does not entitle success in monetary terms because decisions are taken based on your current knowledge and if one keeps