Nobody has ever had to tell me to get out of bed. My number one asset has always been that I am much more 1 than most. The way I see it, life is too short to make periodical concessions to comfort and fun. If you want to 2 something remarkable, you"ve got to stay 3 and constantly work toward your goals. My goal has been to become a journalist since I was a young boy. When I was eight, my father said, "That field of work is too 4 for you. You should be more realistic about your 5 and abilities."
I didn"t want to deceive myself about how hard it would be, so I started that day by getting a job delivering newspapers. I 6 home every morning at 4:30 to do my work before school. I was 7 with the printing machines so I always arrived to work early to ask questions. I wasn"t much of a scholar, so I 8 ended up enrolling in an average university. Still, I was 9 becoming a reporter and did not give up my dream. I wrote for the school newspaper and when I graduated, took a job sorting mail with a local media company. I later 10 them to give me a chance to write some simple articles. That"s how I got my start.