The last topic that the author ended with was the range of personal he found in all his experience with private military contractors. Pelton talked about how almost everyone he met fell into two different categories for the most part. The first category being the contractors that get hooked on the work immediately, the other group decides quickly that their own life isn’t worth $500 dollars a day. This is a similar situation to what I have seen with people in police work. Most people are absolutely in love with the work and others are still stuck on the little things and decide to call it quits early. In every line of work this is true but especially in anything that is considered high stress. Before anyone commits themselves completely to a profession I would highly recommend figuring out what the in’s and out’s of the job are from a person already in that field. Almost everyone in every profession would love to talk about what they do and how everyone can achieve the same success they have in their field with younger people looking into that career path. At this point in my education I finally for the first time have the power to pull the strings and make my own decisions with my future. With this freedom many successes will be found but also many mistakes will be made. With that thought, learn from your mistakes and make the adjustment to fix the problem accordingly. Don’t make the mistake of picking a college because everyone else goes their already has but pick a college by how well they train you in your specific field of interest that will ultimately lead you to your future job. This has been a great book that really sparked my interest in the topic. There just isn't enough time in the day to discuss the range of topics that this book covers with private military contractors. Now that I have completed the book as a whole I have realized that this book reads like a letter to a friend. The author becoming your friend as you read the book and making a real connection to see all of these topics inside from virtually every perspective imaginable. This is the first time I have read anything by this author and I would highly recommend anything by him because this book was just so intriguing. I know this topic wouldn’t interest everyone but for those who are on the fence about reading this book I would say go for it, you won’t regret it.
You gave good advice about how important it was to decide your future, based on your own wants and needs rather then the people around you. It was a good connection to your book. If someone loves something they should do it, they shouldn't just do something because it sounds good or you ca make a lot of money. Passion is important. Your book sounds interesting because it gives good connections to everyday life even if thats not the specific topic.
ReplyDeleteThe book as a whole was a very easy read with a wide range of topics that caused me to start thinking about situations in my own life where i could apply the principles that were preached in the book. Overall I'm surprised by the amount of people that still go into college undecided when the main goal of high school to me at least to figure it out their so you don't waste your time and money at a university just to figure out that you want to change the direction of your life after you have been paying all the bills of college for two years when they college makes you decide on the major.
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