From College Dropout to CEO
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He was an awful student.
He rarely showed up for class and when he did, he was always in trouble: papers late, tests a disaster. He'd actually pay people to do his homework.
I frankly think if he wasn't so funny, no one would have given him the time of day.
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You see, he had a knack for impressions and just putting you at ease. You just loved being with him. I did.
Years later, as we went our separate ways, I heard he continued in life much the same.
Went to college. Dropped out of college.
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Went to another college. Got kicked out of that college.
Then junked it all and back-packed through Europe — alone.
That was the last I heard of him, until I heard this: He's become a CEO.
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You heard me right, a chief executive officer at an up-and-coming mid-size technology concern.
It turns out he developed a knack for gadgets: loved them, knew them, played with them, breathed them.
Now he's a big muckety-muck overseeing them.
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In a company populated by Wharton MBAs and Harvard grads, this guy who cut classes is now cutting a commanding salary.
Clearly he got his life together, so who am I to bring up the time his life was not? I'm told he was the "easy" choice because everyone liked him, laughed with him, enjoyed him.
Hope springs eternal, my friends.
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Sometimes it's not necessarily "what" you bring to the table, but whether others enjoy having you there in the first place.
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