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| PROMPT March 5th Write about a recent success. *Ha* Yours or someone else’s - your choice! It's funny how sometimes it's easier to remember a failure rather than a success. Maybe remembering the failures keeps us humble. And maybe NOT remembering the successes also keeps us humble. I don't know...but... I spent some time thinking about success that I've had. I mulled over my life like I was reading an old familiar novel. Not everything was interesting. Some things were just plain dull. And some things made me roll my eyes. I was struck that some of my successes were so very important to me and now that I look back they don't really seem to mean as much. But still...they marked my life with something that was important at the time. As I sat thinking I did remember a success that was truly a success for me...or was it? I was at a point in my young career that I needed a change. I was bored with what I was doing. I needed a new challenge. And I saw an opportunity in real estate. Why couldn't I become a real estate mogul like some of my clients? It would be so much FUN to sell real estate. I could make TONS of money selling real estate. I should get licensed and get going right away! So I decided to sit for the real estate exam here in California. Now real estate isn't as easy as people normally think. There's a LOT to it. In fact, it was all a little overwhelming. But I enjoyed the material and I studied hard. I did everything I could to pound that information into my brain. I was anxious to get started and I signed up for the exam as soon as I could. Now the exam was open book, but that didn't deter my studies. I wanted to ace that exam and do it without the book. My only goal was to get that license. So I studied and studied and studied. And finally the day arrived. I was in a room full of hopefuls, all of us sweating just a little. The proctor smiled prettily and gave us the "Go". Off we went into the land of real estate examination. And me? Well, I buzzed through that exam like I had written it. Everything was going so smoothly. I was stuck on only two questions. (Point to note right here. The exam was 50 questions and each question was worth 2 points). I pondered those two questions for what seemed like a long time. I looked up at the clock. I had PLENTY of time. I decided to take advantage of the book. But try as I might I could NOT find the answers I needed. Now I've taken tons of tests and I know that there are usually one or two questions that just don't have the right answer. It's done on purpose. So sitting there with two questions left I reasoned that those were the two that had no right answer. So I marked "C" like a good student and submitted my test. Well...I passed! I scored 96%. Yes, I got the two answers wrong. On my way home I stopped by my parent's house to tell them the good news. "What was your score?" my dad asked. I proudly told him "96%!" He looked at me and furrowed his eyebrows just a tad. "Wasn't that an open book test?" he asked. Okay, so I knew where this was going. "Well...yes, it was open book," I answered. "Well, then what happened to the other two questions?" he asked. Oh for crying out loud! Leave it to my dad to focus on those two stupid questions! For him it was a missed opportunity. For me it didn't matter. I passed and that was all that was important. I remember my mom chiming in and saying something like, "Well, who cares, Leonard? She passed!" I have to say that my dad's comments took some of the steam out of me. But in the end they were proud of me...I think. I didn't stay in real estate. But the time I spent was very insightful. And I learned a lot. So for me the whole thing was a success...sort of. |
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