A success story: It`s real, no fiction
At the gates of The Pharaonic Village, Giza, there used to stand a security man some 15 years ago. Probably, his education was no more than secondary stage. His job was to maintain security and to make sure that everyone entering the houseboat has a ticket. We noticed that he talked to every tourist visiting the place, especially the Russians. Later, we noticed that he held a pen and a piece of paper that was folded in his hand. He kept staring at the piece of paper all day long as he was standing on duty. Whenever a tourist passed, with his cheerful face and kind friendly looks, he exchanged words with the tourists in a funny way. We discovered that he was educating himself many languages at the same time, with more concentration on Russian. He was lucky enough to have one of the guides who worked at the same place. This guide helped him a lot as he had been working with some Russians who worked at the Metro project. The security man was checking the spelling, meaning and pronunciation with every tourist coming. He moved from the level of words into the level of sentences. A year later, he was picked to be a transfer man and a tour leader in Hurghada earning a thousand dollars monthly. 3 years later, his language developed to a great extent and he earned many thousands of dollars a month.
I think the reasons for his success are that he had a set goal on his mind and he concentrated with all his power and abilities to reach it, however slowly but surely. Besides, he was very enthusiastic, very humble, very sociable and never felt shy to ask or to make a mistake. Most importantly, he got into direct contact with the native speakers.
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