Don had been successful growing...
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Don had been successful growing up. He had become good at most everything he tried. Attending a small school he played three sports and lettered in all three. He had good academic skills and had given the speech at his graduation. Most people liked him and he had lots of friends. The situation had been much the same in college. It was a litter rougher -- the work was harder. But Don was smart and likeable and had made the Dean's List every semester. He had fallen in love and gotten married. Life seemed good. But things began to change. His marriage wasn't happy. He began to be distracted by the stress and his grades dropped. He and his wife began to fight more often. By the time college graduation had come around, the two had decided to separate and get a divorce. It was the first major thing that Don had ever failed at. It changed his whole world view. Years later, remarried and father of three girls and a boy, Don was a happy man. He was successful and known as good at what he did. But he had learned a lot from his previous failure. It still poked at him from time to time like a thorn in the flesh. Don was certainly successful. But he was also humbled.
-- Daubert
-- Daubert
