Finding the Secret for Success
Several years ago, I worked as a research intern for a think-tank in Washington D.C. I worked remotely in the off-hours from my full-time job in New York.
While I was happy with the New York job, and it paid well, I was no longer interested in what I was doing.
I thought, “Something has to change.”
I started looking online at the catalog of evening and weekend classes at New York University. As usual, I wanted to take a writing class but have a bookcase filled with books on writing. Then I came across a course which was an Introduction to International Relations.
I thought, “This reminds me of the television show, Fareed Zakaria GPS.”
The funny thing is, I watched that show every Sunday morning and enjoyed the round table discussion and arguments regarding world events. I wondered if I would enjoy the class. I thought, for a few hundred dollars, I would be out of my apartment a few nights every week, either at class or studying at the library.
I took the class, and I loved it. I wound up staying at NYU for 14 months, meeting people from all over the world. Classmates from Peru, Japan, Mexico, India, and Brazil are only a few of the wonderful friends I made. After NYU, I earned a master’s degree in diplomacy…
