Ben Carson: The Director Of Pediatric Neurosurgery

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Being focus stay in tune at getting to your goal is a number priority. When people struggle at getting something done every day eventually, they will begin slowly, but surely putting pieces together and things will begin to come together. Having a high expectation career is hard to maintain with children and other duties to attend to. To keep up with duties and priorities desire is the key to success and commitment. Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

It takes a lot of energy to become determined. For example: Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon who was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery

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