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dga57:
That's the way my projects usually go too!!! ;D
65ShelbyClone:
Based on experience...
"Time" can also be interchanged with "cost."
Wittsend:
"Time" can also be interchanged with "cost."
I like the efficiency of a dual purpose graph. ;D
Henrius:
--- Quote from: dga57 on July 31, 2020, 01:00:24 AM ---Thank you.
I generally do not divulge my lack of formal education to anyone who doesn't have a need to know or who doesn't specifically question me about it, but I chose to here because you hit the nail on the head with your comment about the finances of the average college student. I didn't do it to brag - however, I am proud of the way my life has turned out. I have a comfortable lifestyle, a great family, and my friends are mostly educators, engineers, and medical professionals. I decided to share in order to pay homage to Bill Shinpock for seeing my potential and making me believe that sometimes "the road less traveled does", as the poem says, "make all the difference." Looking back on it all, I do not believe there would have been any financial reward to becoming a DVM, even with the offer of a free education, and I don't believe it would have afforded me the time and flexibility to follow my own interests as I have over the years. I have an occupation I love, I've moonlighted as a semi-professional musician for 36 years, I'm a published author, and I am a moderator/administrator on this site (all things I love doing). I am forever indebted to and grateful for Bill's friendship and guidance. Everyone should be so lucky to find a mentor who truly believes in them! True success is doing what you love and loving what you do.
Dwayne :)
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FYI, the average income of a DVM is only $70,000 a year! The only rich professionals I meet happened to be very good managers and would have made it in other fields as well. The healing professions often are a mediocre income when debt repayment is considered.
Luck may play a part in success. You were lucky in meeting Mr. Shinpock, but successful because your were street smart, honest, and a hard worker. He was willing to take a chance on you because those qualities were obvious to him. Success comes to those who are prepared.
That is why I don't buy any of this nonsense lately that groups "have no chance in America" and "privilege prevents them from succeeding here." I have patients of every race, creed, color and national origin. The successful ones have the same things in common: self discipline with money, good values, a work ethic, and the ability to pick themselves up and try again when things do not go right.
Wittsend:
--- Quote from: Henrius on August 09, 2020, 05:32:47 PM ---... I have patients of every race, creed, color and national origin. The successful ones have the same things in common: self discipline with money, good values, a work ethic, and the ability to pick themselves up and try again when things do not go right.
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Likewise as a college instructor I have seen similar. Life is what you MAKE it, not what you expect of it. BTW, nicely stated without being political.
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