Steve,
To keep a proper mental attitude on the way to the CCNA, you gotta do one thing....
Keep Your Goals Away From The Trolls
If you let your friends and coworkers know you're pursuing certification, hopefully they will be supportive. Sadly, thought, some of them won't be.
I'm reminded of a person I worked with many years ago who walked by my cube one day and saw a Cisco certification book on my desk. She then spent ten minutes telling me why certifications stink, anybody can get them, there's a nine-year-old in Missouri that has an MCSE, blah, blah, blah....
What was really interesting is that while she would tell anyone who would listen that anyone could get a certification, she herself did not have one.
There were two reasons that she spent so much time badmouthing my certification pursuits. First, she was threatened by my ambition. Second, she wasn't doing anything with her career and her time, and therefore she didn't want anyone else doing anything, either.
I'm telling you this because these people are everywhere. I don't care what Internet forum you go to, or what certification you're going after, when you declare your intentions, there will be some people who feel it's their duty to tell you that you're wasting your time.
Keep your goals away from these trolls. Do not spend time with these people, whether it's in person or on the 'Net. You're not going to change their mind, and you must NOT let them change yours.
Professional computer certifications, particularly Cisco certifications, are definitely worth pursuing. Again, I'm living proof. I now own my own training company, write my own Cisco certification books, and own a successful consulting business. If I had listened to that troll, I wouldn't have accomplished any of this.
Yesterday, we talked about how to create a successfuly study plan. Now that you know to keep your goals away from the trolls, we're going to put that study plan into action and pass the CCNA. I'll show you just how in tomorrow's special report. See you then!
To your CCNA success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
The Bryant Advantage, 9429 Apple Blossom Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA
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