I just graduated ... now what?: honest answers from those who have been there

"The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path" / Anderson Cooper --
"Your degree is just a stepping stone" / Eva Longoria --
"It's not wrong to be afraid" / John Legend --
"If I hadn't bombed out on the LSAT exam, I would never have redirected my life to come up with Spanx" / Sara Blakely --
"When you are good at something, the money always follows" / Blake Mycoskie --
"What's better than blowing money on your dream?" / Jennifer Meyer --
"The path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey" / Bear Grylls --
"It may take three or four jobs to discover your true career path" / Lauren Bush Lauren --
"It's important to find one person who believes in you" / Brad Wollack --
"Rejection is God's protection" / Jillian Michaels --
"When I got my first job, I felt like a success for getting that job, and every job I've had since ..." / Andy Cohen --
"Get past the excuses, news, unemployment rate, and statistics" / Nicole Williams --
"You need discipline if you want something in life, and then you need a plan to get it" / Armin van Buuren --
"I consider myself mildly successful because I have been able to continue doing the things I love ..." / Meghan McCain --
"You are in the wrong room if you are the smartest person in the room" / Jared Eng --
"Leave things better than you found them" / Laysha Ward --
"Go after it and never look back" / Darren Hardy --
"Pursue what you want and not what your parents want you to do" / Alli Webb --
"There is a time and a place to choose money over a learning environment, but you do that when the margin is very big, and that doesn't happen right out of school" / Adam Braun --
"Work hard, be lucky, be awake, and never think you are too good to do X, Y, and Z" / Maria Shriver --
"The real world can be hard at times, but I don't think people are willing to sacrifice enough ..." / Matt Barkley --
"If you can't handle failure or being wrong, you will never succeed" / Cristina Carlino --
"Start a movement, not a trend" / Mike Swift --
"It's important to pay attention to things that make you happy. Your quality of life depends on your attitude toward the things that happen to you" / Serena Williams --
"The most important thing for all of us is not money. It is feeling productive" / Arnold Schwarzenegger --
"You won't love every job you have over the years, and you're not supposed to" / Gayle King --
"You don't become an entrepreneur if you don't appreciate a challenge" / Candace Nelson --
"Once you graduate, financial independence is your obligation" / Ron Bergum --
"Understanding why things succeed and fail is the best sort of learning you can do" / Ben Kaufman --
Dealing with college loan debt : "Be realistic : vacation or spring break, a cell phone and cable TV are luxuries, not necessities" / Joe Kakaty --
When moving home meets mixed emotions / Dr. Dan Siegel --
Learning the ropes --
Now what?