Stop for a second and make a mental list of the things you 

have done to prepare to get the job of your dreams.  

Are you in shape and able to pass the physical agility? I bet most of

you have spent hundreds of hours pushing weights and seeing how big you

can make your chest.

Can you pass the written test?  If you have tested enough you have seen

the same written test more than once.  You wish it were weighted

heavier.

How are you doing in the oral interviews?  This is the response I hear

all to often.  I have got this guy who gave me some questions and I 

have been thinking about them, or I have been really busy, but when 

things slow down I am going to do some practicing with some buddies.

I bet most of you guys out there have spent more time trying to get 

laid in the last month, than you have practicing for you oral interview. 

I bet most of you have paid more for videos you did not return on time,

than you have on your preparation. 

What is it going to take to get you going, get you motivated, get you 

to the point where your next interview is the one were you walk out and

say, that felt good. I nailed it!?

You have to understand, for those of us in the fire service, we know 

how good this job is, and to see people not doing all they can makes us

think they do not understand.  THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. 

I compare it to being in a nice warm pool, and trying to explain to

someone on the diving board to jump in.  You guys testing see us

firefighters in the pool, you see us going skiing on our four days,

going to a job we love every day, going home with that satisfied 

feeling of knowing you have made some difference in the world.

COME ON IN, THE WATERS GREAT.  Get off your butts and get to work. No

one is going to do it for you.  Do the work and invest the time and you

will never be sorry.

FIREFIGHTER ROB  Nrtc@sonic.net

www.eatstress.com

707 869 1330  

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