From: JMATUS@pacbell.net
Date: Fri Aug 26 2005 - 22:13:18 GMT-3
i'm not feeling particularly motivated...
i wonder if there is a way to grind up Doyle & Solie
in a coffee grinder and then brew them both up with
some good french roast <?> mmm, mmm, good!
--- Original Message ---
From: "Scott Morris" <swm@emanon.com>
To: <ronald.kaduwa@bell.ca>, <thomwin_chen@yahoo.com>,
<cciein2006@yahoo.com>, <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: RE: Getting and Staying Motivated
>I'll still look forward to hearing what your number
is, even if it's a
>little later than planned! :)
>
>Remember, the only troubleshooting on the lab is self-
induced. And there's
>generally a LOT of that!
>
>Best of luck!
>
>Scott
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ronald.kaduwa@bell.ca
[mailto:ronald.kaduwa@bell.ca]
>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:33 PM
>To: swm@emanon.com; thomwin_chen@yahoo.com;
cciein2006@yahoo.com;
>ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: Getting and Staying Motivated
>
>I am so glad to have joined this group, although I
regret the timing. If I'd
>done it a little sooner, I'm sure I would have slain
that lab on my second
>attempt because I've learnt to read between the lines
a lot better, and know
>I'd have avoided those silly "attention to detail"
>mistakes that have constantly been my downfall!
>
>Scott, I remember I promised you my number in April
because I felt really
>confident to attack the beast then, but I've picked
myself up again and
>ready for October. The funny thing is that during the
lunch break, the
>proctor made an interesting comment that "most of the
people who pass this
>exam usually have an hour or two to spare at the end
to make corrections",
>and so when I had over 45mins to spare at the end and
reboot my routers over
>2 times just to make sure, with all my devices still
pingable, I smiled to
>myself waiting for the clock to tick knowing my hard
work had finally paid
>off! But Alas! I logged onto CCO a couple of days
later and saw my status
>still read "Not Certified", you can imagine the shock
and disappointment.
>
>But reading through the emails here, I have realised
some of the mistakes I
>made on interpretation, and paying attention to being
as specific as
>possible in filtering of routes and prefixes. The
veil has been removed, and
>although the questions will be different this time
around, I vow not to give
>away those silly points again! I will make better use
of my 45 minutes at
>the end than to sit and smile at the
>clock:-) So since this thread is about motivation, I
just wanted to mention
>how I love challenges, that's why I always drive a
standard;-).
>In a way I am glad I failed these two times, because
I will be a much better
>CCIE when I pass it this time around than if I'd
passed it on the first try,
>cause I know I'd have just eased my foot off the gas
peddle after that. The
>knowledge I have gained finding out my weaknesses
these past few months is
>so invaluable that I would really feel much better
passing the exam with all
>the topics still on than to wait for January!
>I've had to cut out soccer and jazz for the next two
months (and believe me,
>that is quit a lot for me considering I am not
married...uhh..yet:-)). How
>soon do you rise up after a fall? That is my
motivation!
>
>Great postings here, keep on keeping on and good luck
to all in my shoes.
>
>Roni.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com
[mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>Scott Morris
>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:16 PM
>To: 'Thomwin Chen'; cciein2006@yahoo.com;
ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: Getting and Staying Motivated
>
>It's an ongoing journey, that's for sure. And at
times reality
>intervenes... The birth of my second daughter is why
my CCIE Voice written
>is going to expire before I get around to taking it a
*cough* third time...
>#$*&#$*&ing thing.
>
>But as you go through and mull though things, you get
to a point in knowing
>stuff where it clicks together, and suddenly many
things make sense in a
>different fashion than they did before. Sometimes
you look back asking
>yourself how the hell you missed it! But it's all
part of the journey.
>
>The motivation often lies in the realization of
things that you don't know.
>And the pursuit to "fix" that. It's not always easy,
and certainly
>difficult to find time! But as long as it remains
fun and/or interesting,
>then it keeps one going. If you approach a burnout
state though, it is
>indeed time for a break, or vacation, or some other
mind-numbing task for a
>while (you know, that ToDo list your significant
other keeps!).
>
>Always set a goal and then find the way to achieve it.
>
>Scott
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com
[mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>Thomwin Chen
>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:14 PM
>To: cciein2006@yahoo.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: Getting and Staying Motivated
>
>just a thought, a vacation would be nice...
>
>cciein2006@yahoo.com wrote:
>A lot of times I get so busy at work or with chores
around the house that I
>barely have time to breath much less study. After a
long day of staring at
>router configurations or sniffer traces at work all
day the last thing I
>want to do is log into a router and start configuring
BGP scenarios.
>
>I was just wondering - what do you guys do to stay
motivated during the long
>journey to CCIE?
>
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