Eat, Pray, Love, Get Rich, Write a Novel No
One Expects
By STEVE ALMOND(NY Times)
September 18, 2013
When Elizabeth Gilbert was in fourth grade, her
teacher, Ms. Sandie Carpenter, announced a
fund-raiser. Students were asked to sell grinders
— New Englandese for “sub sandwiches” — to
pay for a class trip. There was never any
question whether Gilbert would participate.
Still, door-to-door sales of a perishable foodstuff
can prove intimidating, even to a zealous 9-year-old.So her mother, Carole, initiated a trainingprogram. She made Gilbert go outside and closethe front door. Gilbert then had to knock,introduce herself and explain what she wasselling and why. “Our family’s going on vacationnext week,” Carole might announce. “What if we want the grinders two weeks from now?” To which Gilbert would generally respond, “I don’t
know!” and start crying. “Back it up,” her mother
would say. “Try it again. Get it right, kid.” And
close the door. They did this,Gilbert recalls, for what felt like a whole afternoon.
A decade and a half later, Gilbert took an
elevator up to the offices of Spin magazine to
ask for a job. Her only connection at the
magazine was having met the publisher, Bob
Guccione Jr., at a party once. She had no
experience as a journalist — her degree from
N.Y.U. was in international relations — and
enough good sense to be terrified. The doors to
the elevator opened. Gilbert took a deep
breath. Come on, she told herself. You’re
Carole Gilbert’s daughter. Go do this!
The receptionist was, to put it gently, unmoved
by her appeal. A concerned secretary
appeared, then a personal assistant. Gilbert
politely refused to budge. Guccione eventually
agreed to see her but had no recollection of
having met her. Look, he said finally, my
assistant is going out of town for three days. You can do his job. At the end of this stint,
Guccione pulled out his wallet, handed Gilbert
300 bucks and wished her good luck.
Some months later, Gilbert placed her first
short story in Esquire, which published it with
the subtitle “the debut of an American writer.”
She sent the story to Guccione with a note that
read, “I told you I was a writer!” He called and
offered her an assignment on the spot.
The lesson was obvious. Life was just a big
grinder sale. Your job was to knock on the door
and not to leave until your ambitions were met.

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Am cool,Gracias @>-- .
I hope you've been researching the courses we shall be taking and their units. ENG 101. ENG 151, LIN 111,GST 101 et al.

Sleek_Hoyeen: wow!

Hey mate,how are ya?

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It does seem so,but especially when you try the old eportal address. Try this, but also know that the "Admission Status" page will not open.
Apparently,they're uploading data.
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I just had to share this with y'all! Wow! A new born Kangaroo is the size of a bean!

Magnanimity!!!!!!!! Can you do this?

Hi fellas

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Hollas folks!

Hi everyone! Did you know?!

Am a night owl

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Oluwatola5: Wut dos 'afgo' mean? #wondering#

It's a chatspeak language,acronym for "Another F***ing Great Opportunity"

Tosdam:

where is she, hope she has not been hiding. Let her signify herself n others to do the same we need to work things out...

Sleek_Hoyeen,I think is for English(Arts)

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Did you know about this? I didn't,until now!

Did you know?

phtemie:
Also read something about dolphins
That to prevent drowning in water while sleeping,half of a dolphin's brain will be conscious and the other unconscious to enable them breathe..That's why they sleep with an open eye with the other being closed..

Hmmm,how much intelligence and ingenuity they've got! Tnx.

fumeah: no offence,its me,its my name

Wow! No offence intended too,but in chatspeak,"AFGO" means,"Another F***ing Growth Opportunity." So u see y we (@Chiamaka,and meself) were alarmed.
It must be an acronym for something,so what does it stand for,mademoiselle?

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FelcoCom: hi...afgo

What?! Who is the "afgo" here?! Mind? Like Chiamaka queried,I hope it ain't Funmi,u know. "afgo?" that is way deep. And y would u refer to anyone by that,by the way?

Jodekss: eng

Hmmm,nice one.

Chiamaka01:

barbie doll I'm not anorexic, barbie dolls are.
What made you assume that i look like a doll.:/

Of course u ain't anorexic. And u haven't helped matters by not having a face anywhere. Not even on a supposed "Facebook"ehn!
I just assumed u must be stunningly beautiful.

Who knows what a Barbie Doll is? Seen any before? I have a feeling this is what Chiamaka looks like. A real Barbie doll. Mind you t'was meant to commend not deride or tear down. They are delicately and exquisitely beautiful dolls! But a real one?! Whoa! http:///NNP3FZhgD8

Chiamaka01: @dolphineyes, mukina2 banned me for 72 hours for EndTymTinz.

Guess I gotta take note of Mukina2 then. Dunno who he is though. Mehn he(she?) can ban,some kinda Big Brother(Sister) I guess. LOOL! Whoa!

Oluwatola5: Eyah, i didnt kno d@ Nadal wld b playin, Djokovic is a tough guy also on hard court. So who won it?

Nadal did! It was a gruelling match of two behemoths! He came from a set down to win, 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1 to secure his 13th Grand Slam title.
And ma home gal Serena won on Sunday too. I was so happy for her. She whipped Azarenka to clinch the female title.

#BigBrotherisWatchingYou