Is college degree a guarantee of success 2?

The dream of all parents is to have their children have a college degree. College degree is also important for a country. The more graduates a country has, the more qualified its workforce is and consequently, the higher the productivity of the country. But, when it comes to success, college degree is not generally a guarantee. The reason is that success requires other skills or abilities. If college dgree is well used, it can bring success. Well-used college degree implies understanding how it can be transformed into an instrument of success. College degree can shorten the distance. With a college degree, the holder still needs to fulfill the factors that lead to success. These are awareness, strong desire, vision, and other qualities collectively called the execution phase. 
     The problem is that traditional education prepares their graduates to look for job. Parents also raise their children with the intention of finishing college and looking for job and have good salary. Because of these limitations, most of the college graduates do not have strong desire to go for more even if they may not be very comfortable with what they make. They are not keen to take risks. They are trained to play it safe. Going for success means taking risk. Success means going fo the unknown which your vision shows you, but which unfolds as you move along.          

Success means going for the unknown which your vision shows you, but which unfolds as you move along!

College degree can easily lead to success especially now that we are living in a knowledge economy. Knowledge economy is an economy based on knowledge. That means what you have in your brain is more important than factories and offices. It also means you can stay in your house and be successful. But, you should use a college degree as a stepping stone. The second requirement is to know how your knowledge can be turned into product or service or monetize it. There are many ways you can do that. No one can see with clarity how to reach success unless he or she starts. 

     What are the various ways one can use college degree to reach success? The discussion will continue in the next posts.