Re: Happy to share my story....(CCIE# 27036)

Thanks everyone.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> well done! congrats!!!
>
> A.
>
> On 28 September 2010 04:39, olugbenga lasisi <logpoet_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> First i will like to give all glory to my Lord Jesus Christ, I woudn't
>> have
>> been able to pull this through without Him.
>>
>> It's done, finally made it. I can proudly say i have earned this(*CCIE#
>> 27036*). It's my turn to share my story of pain, persistence and victory.
>> I
>> have never been this humbled in my entire life, but then the experience
>> has
>> made me a better person professionally and in other areas of my life.
>>
>> *The Journey*
>> I wouldn't have in my immaginations think that i'll attempt an exam twice
>> and not pass, but then 3 years of my life and 5 attempts has changed my
>> thinking. Well not my thought about the confidence in my ability, but that
>> you never get to truly appreciate success if you have not had failed
>> attempts.
>>
>> Long hours of study, sleepless nights, the endless materials you have to
>> cover, frustration of using GNS3/dynamips and the smile that you wear when
>> you succesfully finish an INE full lab or solve all the trouble tickets in
>> one of the labs in INE workbook 4, the challenge of managing all the
>> important relationships in your life, the dissappointments of not been
>> able
>> to keep some these relationships, having to cough out $1400 (Cisco is
>> certainly mean with that) for every attempt,have all given me the true
>> meaning of success.
>>
>>
>> *Lessons learnt*
>>
>>
>> - Never assume that you know, until you lab it
>> - Never scratch the topics on the surface, it will only make you
>> scrappy.
>> There is depth in depth
>> - Spend the first 70% of your preparation sharpening your axe, the
>> remaining 30% will be enough to do the job if your axe is well sharpened
>> - Never experiment in the Lab. Else you will just be paying $1400 for
>> lunch.
>> - Never abandom the assembly of experts (Group study, INE material,
>> Narbik, IP expert , et all), there is always something to learn from
>> them,
>> even from the newbies and wannabies.
>> - Take the back seat and make little noise , but rather read their
>> blogs,
>> ask questions , never get tired of asking questions nor be offended if
>> the
>> response you get deem you as been dumb.
>> - Never go into the exam hall with the impression that it's a difficult
>> exam.
>> - Never use redbull or its like, if you hv never tried them before, if
>> you do you might hv set urself up for failure b4 the exam itself. :)
>>
>>
>> What else....well others can add more....'cos i need some time to myself
>> to
>> enjoy the success :)
>>
>>
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