Re: Getting and Staying Motivated

["joshua lauer" <jslauer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Other than the fact that I like learning to be honest I hate to lose as 
well. I like achieving, if it wasnt the CCIE it would likely be something 
else, even basketweaving :) If I start something I've got to finish it. 
Otherwise, I would always be wondering what the end result really would be 
if I quit halfway...

regards,

josh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Donald" <Lee.Donald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Guyler, Rik" <rguyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ccielab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: Getting and Staying Motivated


> There's nothing wrong with that Rik.
>
> Keep going, it's not for Cisco, it's for you....................
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guyler, Rik [mailto:rguyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 26 August 2005 13:14
> To: ccielab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Getting and Staying Motivated
>
> Man, I keep torturing myself because I'm stubborn.  I'm no geek and I'm 
> not
> really driven (although I used to be).  My little two-year old daughter 
> was
> what it took for me to realize there is something other than Cisco out
> there.  Being 39 years old, I realized that I wasted too much time doing
> things that just aren't that important to me.  In my area, a CCIE might 
> help
> but probably not much.  I'm pretty much at the top of the mountain in my
> area and I'm not moving.  I'm also not driving 50-60 miles one-way again
> each day just to make a few grand more.  Yes my friends, the blinders came
> off when my baby was born.
>
> So why do I keep banging my head against a stone mountain?  Stubborness,
> plain and simple.  This thing has beaten me down twice but I keep getting
> back up and asking for more.  I hate losing...I hate giving up...I hate 
> not
> meeting a personal goal.  Oh yes, I "own" a large all-Cisco network so I 
> do
> this stuff all day, every day in real life and that helps but it's not
> enough so I bought a lab with the intention of torturing myself again and
> again.  I love learning new things for sure...that's why I started into 
> this
> field so many years ago but my daily activities provide enough of that. 
> In
> fact, my company has a great training program and I could explore all 
> kinds
> of new things if I so desired.  But what do I always choose for training?
> Cisco something or another.  Why?  Cause I'm stubborn and hate to lose. 
> Did
> I say that already?
>
> My motivation is competition with myself, plain and simple.  As long as 
> I'm
> still a competitor, I don't see that ever going away.
>
> Rik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cciein2006@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:cciein2006@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:41 PM
> To: ccielab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Getting and Staying Motivated
>
> 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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