Having worked in a bank for ten years, I determined to go beyond a nine-to-five job. Scanning advertisements, I learned a1company was to hire consultants. Excited, I made a(n)2with a branch president. That day, it went so well that I was 3 he would hire me on the spot. 4, he told me to come back for 12 more5with his top salespeople!
Over the next five months, every one of them6me from working as a consultant in finance. The more they attacked my dream, the more my stomach7. I, though nervous, realized I would have to "fake it till I make it."
8, the last interview with the president came. "You've got the job! But you must take an exam and pass it without one point lost on the first9!"he announced.
I nearly choked at the prospect of taking a leap of faith into the unknown. However, attracted by this great risk I had never had, I10hard and said, "I'll take it. "At last, when the scores were displayed, I let out a loud sigh of 11.
My experience12the truth of Thoreau's words: "If one advances13in the direction of his dreams and14to live the life he had imagined, he will encounter success15in common hours.
