Re: I passed

Thanks Bill.

I'm going to have to get Bruce to switch from broccoli to beef to get his
numbers up.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Bill Burns <bburns_at_racktimerentals.com>wrote:

> Great job Peter!!!! Now you have to teach Bruce how to bench 600 lbs. : )
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill Burns
> CCIE #12464, CCSI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Peter Kurdziel
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:26 PM
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: I passed
>
> I would like to first and foremost thank God for this amazing gift. Praise
> God. Jesus is always with you. I like to think about the poem "footprints
> in
> the sand" when times are tough and when times are good.
>
> I would like to thank Narbik, Bruce and Val, INE, IPE , Paul Borghese, Joe
> Astorino, Bill Burns, Jean Morlan, groupstudy and my family for helping me
> along the way. Thank you everyone.
>
> This was my second attempt at the lab.
>
> I have been working towards CCIE certification since 2004. I attended a
> CCIE
> boot camp by Paul Borghese back in 2005. I went to NMC's two bootcamps last
> year. Where I was part of the CIERS 360 pilot. Know your options!!
>
> I heard so many good things about Narbik's bootcamp. I just had to go see
> what everyone was talking about. I took vaction and I went. Narbik's
> bootcamp was the missing link for me. With his workbooks and learning
> strategy I started to address my weak area's with a systematical approach
> which worked great for me. I think Narbik and Cisco 360 is a winning
> combination. I remember one day during his bootcamp after everyone left the
> room he must of noticed I was confused about a topic and he came over to me
> and told me he will be at my side through out the process, always available
> to answer questions and help me along the way. Sometimes I think he might
> have thought I was a pain in the butt. But he has always been there for me.
> If you have a problem with the lab or otherwise he is there for you. Thank
> you Narbik and God bless you.
>
> I used INE and IPE's quizzers, polylabs(beta) and graded labs. They helped
> me with task interperation and with time management. I was upset at the
> score reports but I learned valuable lessons with each one. Especially from
> self created mistakes!
>
> For the last 16 months the time investment was very significant. I studied
> 3-4 hours after work everyday. On my weekends and days off I studied 8-12
> hours per day. I missed most of my newborns first year. She started
> crawling
> while I was away at one boot camp and walking while I was at another boot
> camp. We have another baby due any day now and it looked like I was going
> to
> miss that also. But thankfully I will be at my wife's side when my son is
> born. I missed countless family functions. I stopped doing things that I
> loved to do so I can study instead. I had no time for them. Studying took
> over everything and it was my only focus. My job was outsourced so I used
> the time off to study longer and harder, often times studying over 16 hours
> a day and sleeping only 4-5 hours. I would lose track of what day it was.
> But the end result is worth it.
>
> I highly recommend Narbik's bootcamp. Narbik is a good guy. He bends over
> backwards to help his students out. Follow the process and it will work out
> for you.
> --
> Regards,
> Peter Kurdziel
>
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Regards,
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