When my friend pitched me the idea of auditioning for a game show to make some money, I thought she was kidding. I never expected that two weeks later, I'd be flying home from a game show victory in Los Angeles with a trophy and a check for $10,000. I used the prize money to pay for the first semester of graduate school, and later, I enrolled in medical school at 50 years old. It was the best decision I could've ever made.
My childhood dream was to be a doctor I was always a gifted student. My peers labeled me as 'the intelligent one,' though I would say chronic overachiever was a more accurate description. But when I went off to college in the late 1980s, I found myself surrounded by many other brilliant minds and realized that maybe I wasn't so special. Unsupportive professors only magnified my self-doubt; I lost faith in myself and let go of my dreams to be a doctor.
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