I was reading over ardenpackeers blog about mental stamina. Thats something i know i need to work on. I eluded to this in previous post that after a few hours i get fatigued. I am hoping to have this problem cornered in a month or so. I see myself getting better, just need to remind myself not to get cocky when i see a question, since thats when i make mistakes and either over/under think the question through.
I went back to look at blog from the man who got his CCIE in 3 months. I liked what i saw there about his securecrt comments he had. What i am doing now is running securecrt on my laptop so i can get used to it. I know its lil stuff, but isnt it the lil stuff that can crush you in the lab? I know it is, just a few short minutes ago, yours truly ended up not configuring broadcast on a frame relay map and then there i was ripping and rebuilding the config, checking my shut/no shut, double checking my dynamips config thinking WTF. And then once i looked at the solution, it turned out to be one of those DUH moments. Note to self, read my earlier comment about under/over thinking .
My speed is getting better, but thats secondary to learning the technology inside out. Its the little stuff that just kills me. Well some big stuff like redistribution also doesnt help but thats a hurdle that i know i need to spend time reading and practicing. I know this is a very weak point of mine. A few of the monsters that i need to overcome are bgp, switching, Qos and multicasting.
Its almost midnight now thus i am going to call it a day. I know its time to stop when my eyelids get heavy, no reason conning myself to keep going. It just makes the quality of studying go wimpy wimpy. Anyone remember those commercials from back in the day . 
