In: Life Advice

Advice for Graduates

Congratulations! You’ve just graduated. So what now? Probably, not many opportunities will come knocking at your door. Here’s some practical advice on what you have to learn and do to get your foot in the business door.

Summaries

8 Book

The Rocket Years

How Your Twenties Launch the Rest of Your Life
Elizabeth Segran
Harper, 2020
8 Book

Launch Your Career

How ANY Student Can Create Relationships with Professionals and Land the Jobs and Internships They Want
Sean O'Keefe
Berrett-Koehler, 2021
8 Video
Angela Merkel
Harvard University, 2019
8 Book

Excellent Sheep

The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
William Deresiewicz
Free Press, 2014
Book

Make Your Bed

Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe the World
William H. McRaven
Grand Central, 2017
8 Video
Mark Zuckerberg
Harvard University, 2017
8 Video

J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech

Harvard University Commencement 2008
J.K. Rowling
Harvard University, 2008
9 Article

This Is Water

2005 Kenyon Commencement Address
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace, 2005
8 Video
Sheryl Sandberg
University of California, Berkeley, 2016
8 Video
Ben Horowitz
NZZ, 2015
8 Book

They Don’t Teach Corporate in College

A Twenty-Something’s Guide to the Business World
Alexandra Levit
Career Press, 2014