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

Well done!

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 18:39, 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*
> B I wouldn't have in my immaginations think that i'll attempt an exam twice
> and not pass, but then 3 years of B 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*
>
>
> B  - Never assume that you know, until you lab it
> B  - Never scratch the topics on the surface, it will only make you scrappy.
> B  There is depth in depth
> B  - Spend the first 70% of your preparation sharpening your axe, the
> B  remaining 30% will be enough to do the job if your axe is well sharpened
> B  - Never experiment in the Lab. Else you will just be paying $1400 for
> B  lunch.
> B  - Never abandom the assembly of experts (Group study, INE material,
> B  Narbik, IP expert , et all), there is always something to learn from them,
> B  even from the newbies and wannabies.
> B  - Take the back seat and make little noise , but rather read their blogs,
> B  ask questions , never get tired of asking questions nor be offended if the
> B  response you get deem you as been dumb.
> B  - Never go into the exam hall with the impression that it's a difficult
> B  exam.
> B  - Never use redbull or its like, if you hv never tried them before, if
> B  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 B to
> enjoy the success :)
>
>
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