Major Decisions

Major Decisions: Taking Charge of Your College Education
Author	Henry J. Eyring
Language	English
Subject	Self-help
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Deseret Book
Publication date	2010
ISBN	978-1-60641-636-5
Dewey Decimal	378.1/98 22
LC Class	LB2343.3.E97 2010

Major Decisions: Taking Charge of Your College Education, published in 2010, is a self-help book written by Henry J. Eyring. Eyring is the 17th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho.

Purpose

The intended purpose of the book is to help both current and prospective college students get the most out of their college experience. "Probably the most important thing I've learned about higher education is this: you can get everything you hope for—and more—if you take personal responsibility for the design and construction of your education. The key is to be your own 'general contractor,' the one who puts all of the pieces of a higher education together according to a careful personal plan."^[1]

General Contractor's Rules

The second half of the book features seven rules that each student/prospective student should follow as they seek to become the general contractor of their own education.^[2]

Rule #1: Always Have a Career Dream
Rule #2: Always Have a Major
Rule #3: Customize Your Degree
Rule #4: Find the Best Teachers
Rule #5: Do Your Best Work
Rule #6: Connect Your Degree to What Comes Next
Rule #7: Get All the HSJ Skills You Can

Royalties

Eyring donates all the royalties from his books to the Perpetual Education Fund.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Deseret Book Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 26 April 2010
^ "Major Decisions: Taking Charge of Your College Education ". Henry J. Eyring(2010). p. vi ISBN 978-1-60641-636-5

External links

[1] Deseret Book Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 26 April 2010

[2] "Major Decisions: Taking Charge of Your College Education ". Henry J. Eyring(2010). p. vi ISBN 978-1-60641-636-5

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