Sometimes it’s hard knowing what you want to do with your life.
You can spend years sitting around, or working a job you hate until, eventually, the answer comes to you. Maybe you, by some means, discover that you have a passion for a particular field, a field that you want to pursue into a full-blown career.
It’s not always easy, but once you’ve found your path in life, it's up to you to make sure that you stay on it – through hard work and endurance.
Recently, one man proved what following your dream can do, and the results are truly amazing!
Meet Frank Baez.
It wasn't his dream job.
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Being a janitor, Baez spent every day at the hospital cleaning the rooms, bathrooms and hallways.But he found something life-changing at the hospital.
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While working as a janitor, Baez discovered that he had an interest in the medical world.Leading him to apply for a different job.
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Because of this, Baez applied to become a patient transporter, basically, the person in charge of taking the patients to and from their operations.But it wasn’t enough.
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Baez wanted to know more and more about the medical world, so he made a decision…He left his job…
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Baez left his job at the hospital and set to work on earning himself a Bachelor’s degree.Which he got from the local college.
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Baez attended Hunter College, becoming the first member of his family to graduate.But he wasn’t finished yet.
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Baez knew that he wanted to be a nurse. He was encouraged by the nurses that he met at the hospital to enrol himself at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.Which allowed him to become a nurse after only 15 months!
Baez is, of course, very proud of his success.
And he's already proven to be a passionate worker.
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Pasklinsky, who had watched Baez work as a patient transporter, could see that he was a compassionate person, the perfect candidate for a career in nursing. "In my mind, he’s a star. I think he's going to be a fantastic nurse."And Baez still has aspirations.
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Baez has already set his next goal to become a nurse in an intensive care unit.Proving that you should never give up on your dreams.
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"I was never an A student. I just studied a lot and worked a lot," he said. "Of course there were times I doubted myself, but then I felt that I wanted to do something more for myself, that I deserved better, that I wanted to continue to move forward and grow and go on with my life."And he never gave up.
"What I did was, I never gave up."Well done, Frank!
Let’s hope you have a long career in the nursing world.