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JK Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure (and following your dreams.)



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Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture - Carnegie Melon professor's last speech as he was approaching the end of his life, awe inspiring and full of wisdom.



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Steve Jobs' Commencement address at Stanford University



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WHAT WE RECOMMEND:

Resources

The endangered college counselor: the average high school student-counselor ratio is now 500 to 1. What can colleges do about that? - The Admissions Angle

A Good College Is Not the Be-All and End-All

College in 4 years? Try 5 or 6.

4-year colleges graduate 53% of students in 6 years

15 Questions that Reveal Your Ultimate Purpose In Life

Charles Johnston on Finding Your Passion

What Are You Good At?


Books

Majoring In Success
Building Your Career While You Are Still In College
By Marianne E. Green

College is about much more than courses, grades, and majors. It is also rich in "experiential learning" opportunities-internships, work-study, campus activities, volunteerism, and co-operative education…



The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
By Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D.

The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons; from Meg Ryan to Gillian Lynne, who choreographed the Broadway productions of Cats and The Phantom of the Opera…


The Echo Within: Finding Your True Calling (Hardcover)
By Robert Benson

To Hear and Live Your Calling.
Written out of a lifelong search and response to the callings on Benson’s life, The Echo Within explores:


- how to love the work you do, and the process of doing it.
- ways to sense God’s pleasure in your pursuits, both in the pursuits and in you.
- whether you fall into your vocation as a destiny or you chart that course.
- how to begin living with added dimensions of meaning and purpose.


Crush It: Why Now Is the Time To Cash In On Your Passion
By Gary Vaynerchuk

In Crush It, Gary Vaynerchuk shows how anyone can build a career around what they’re passionate about...



For Parents

Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years
By Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Treeger

Letting Go is about what it feels like for parents when their kids go off to college.
A succinct and accurate description of how college life has changed over the decades. Provides a year-by-year breakdown of what to expect…


Blogs

Specific Career Info Site - Pretty Professional

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Most powerful resource for people who already know what they want to do. - Vault

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