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This book is an accumulation of knowledge and insights gained by a business professor who taught at a large, urban, state university for almost 30 years. His experiences includes exposure to over 10,000 students at lower division level (freshmen and sophomores), upper division (juniors and seniors), MBA students, executive MBA students, doctoral students and management seminars.The author shares his experiences with faculty meetings, pay increases and promotion and tenure committees, course curriculum design, fellow professors and visiting professors from other universities, business owners, university and community administrators and participation in many university alumni functions. This book will make you think before you act. It will make you ponder and weigh your actions and decisions related to high school and college life, academic courses, fields of study and careers. It will help your parents and families and siblings and friends support you during these most critical years of your early life.Rather than learning by your mistakes, a painful process, you will learn how to avoid those mistakes and the pain and penalties that accompany them. You will learn to work smart, not hard.College can be filled with personal landmines and disasters. This book will guide you through the college process and help eliminate those pitfallsHigh school can offer an amazing platform or springboard to better prepare you for college. So college planning begins in high school. High school experiences should include courses taken, community service, summer employment opportunities, clubs, sports, debate, music, travel and a growing awareness of who you are now and who you want to become!Below is a list of the chapter titles in this book.Chapter 1: Growing from Boy to ManChapter 2: Improving Your Problem-Solving SkillsChapter 3: College Preparation Begins in High SchoolChapter 4: Preparing For CollegeChapter 5: Inside the UniversityChapter 6: The First Two Years in CollegeChapter 7: Your Junior and Senior YearsChapter 8: Careers and the Job Search ProcessChapter 9: In Summary