David Brooks and his passage "It's Not About You" as well as Barbara Graham's article "Confessions of a quit Addict". Both explain the main points of being successful in life. They both tell the audience that it is important to know yourself well and know if college is for you or not. If it is then its main key is to know your abilities and always do your best the first time. Barbara likes to go back to the past where "Martin Luther King Jr. and explains him on how he was gunned down". And David went to explain "Yet upon graduation they will enter a world that unprecedentedly wide open and unstructured". They are also not similar when it comes to getting to the point. Barbara likes to have a story on how she contributes to the same reaction and shows what she thinks. And David just gets to the point and explain strong details that might be confusing to the audience. Another thing that the two authors do not share in their articles are that chasing after dreams. Brooks tells that you should not chase after them. Achieve them. When Barbara explains her past on how she wanted to be free and with family she couldn't achieve her goals. But does wish she could go back if she could. Thats a important piece of information. Both are great authors and achieve great information for readers to take in, but it is always a important to dream and dream big.