Motivation

• j_crazy

  

  What is the crowning achievement of your life and what motivated you to accomplish it?
  
  Obviously my family is a big part of my life, but it doesn't feel much like an accomplishment that I've got that. It just makes me who I am.
  
  My best achievments have always stemmed from my college days. Whether its the job I got coming out of school or the scholarships I earned for community service and technical papers/programs I wrote in college, that's always been a real bright spot in my life.
  
  Well, this past weekend one of my best friends from college died (they suspect he had a seizure and died, but nothing official). He was a part of the Petrobowl team I was on that took 2nd place (the best performance ever by Marietta College). We grew up 10 minutes apart (I was in Lowell, he was in Marietta), but never met until our orientation. Of all the people I graduated with, he was 1 of 3 or 4 that I regularly connected with, we always made time for each other. So I was really devasted to hear he passed. But, within 18 hours of learning about his death I had gathered 15 or so of our classmates as well as our old Professor and set up a Scholarship in his name for kids that participate in Petrobowl. It's one of the proudest moments in my life, but the saddest reminders of my good friend too.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I am sorry to hear of the loss of your friend.
• Con_Alma

  The spouse I chose was the greatest decision I have ever made. It has made my business life easy, being a father easy and keeps balance and perspective in everything I choose to delve into.
  
  That one decision, if made poorly, would have negative impacts on everything I do.
• O-Trap

  

  Finishing college.
  
  After my first three semesters in college, I had a 1.25 cumulative GPA. I had received a letter dismissing me from class, and I was deciding whether or not to fight it.
  
  I sat in on a seminar on the importance of being responsible to continually develop your worldview and the value of a healthy thought life. As he did so, I felt compelled to not only go back, but to take my education very seriously.
  
  I met with the Dean of Admissions, the Dean of Students, and the VP of Academic Affairs that next week, and I got my dismissal withdrawn. By the time I graduated college, I had a cumulative GPA of 3.17 and had been accepted to study abroad at one of the most well-respected institutions of higher learning in the world. Moreover, because of this, I was able to have an article published in an edition of the Evangelical Theological Society's quarterly.
  
  As for my spouse, she picked me, so I can't claim that one.
• j_crazy

  

  O-Trap;728751 wrote:Finishing college.
  
  After my first three semesters in college, I had a 1.25 cumulative GPA. I had received a letter dismissing me from class, and I was deciding whether or not to fight it.
  
  I sat in on a seminar on the importance of being responsible to continually develop your worldview and the value of a healthy thought life. As he did so, I felt compelled to not only go back, but to take my education very seriously.
  
  I met with the Dean of Admissions, the Dean of Students, and the VP of Academic Affairs that next week, and I got my dismissal withdrawn. By the time I graduated college, I had a cumulative GPA of 3.17 and had been accepted to study abroad at one of the most well-respected institutions of higher learning in the world. Moreover, because of this, I was able to have an article published in an edition of the Evangelical Theological Society's quarterly.
  
  As for my spouse, she picked me, so I can't claim that one.

  
  that's a helacious comeback.
• O-Trap

  

  j_crazy;728756 wrote:that's a helacious comeback.

  
  Averaged 18 credits a semester, and had a 3.8+ GPA every semester ... plus it took me five years because of my start and my double-major.
  
  Also, the speaker at that seminar is now my favorite author, and a professor at a graduate school in California. I often reference him here.