7. Put Pressure On Yourself Because This Is Your Time, Money, Life & Self-Preservation.

The Fear Factors: Fifteen Reasons Why Applicants Fail The Bar Exam.

You must look to yourself if you have no one else to motivate you through this bar exam period. Do not wait for others to give you the support you need to get from point A to point Z.

Motivation is that one thing that we all need. Support is something that we can use, too. Although we may say we don't need anyone's motivation or support, if someone offers it up to any of us in the manner that we think best suits our personality, we will take it in the largest quantities available.

Each one of us is climbing. The higher you climb into unfamiliar territory, the more unsure and uncertain you are of your steps. You want someone to help you, not to navigate your steps toward your final destination, but to say keep going, the end is near.

We know everyone cannot be there for us all of the time. People have their own lives, their own work, their own tasks. Sometimes when their tasks call for their assistance, our friends and support groups cannot be there for us. We have to be there for ourselves. It can be extremely challenging for you to remind you of what you have to do to get pass this bar.

So, I will remind you.

You have one, single life on this planet & perhaps this is your one, single exam to take. It is a summer, a hot one, too. But it is only one out of the hopefully 80 to 100 summers you expect to have. Don't hold back on this one. You are your provider. You are responsible for yourself. You make food, make money, make resources for yourself. No one else.

You have to remind yourself that you paid a lot of money for this degree. And ... the student loan folk will remind you exactly how much this venture cost you in exactly six (6) months from your graduation date. Make your money count. Today. Dig deep. Push hard. Make your pennies count on a day-to-day basis. 'Cause I don't care how you slice it, your name will never disappear on the loans you took out. There are no other "promise to pay," people. You are that person.

You are trying to preserve yourself. Self-preservation is a concept that typically includes just us (on its face). But deep down, way past the self, and the preservation part of it, is the future. The future consists of your children. Their children. Their children's children. And their children's children. As corny as it sounds, there are future generations of "insert your last name, here" waiting for you. Those future generations are within you, you carry their dna, their future. They are hoping that you pass this exam now so that you can pass down what you have learned to their mothers or fathers.

Maybe you have information that you will share with them that stem from this education. Maybe that information will prevent someone in your family from making a mistake. Maybe you will have to represent someone in the family who made a mistake and, "but for" your license, would have been incarcerated or penalized unnecessarily. I don't know. Who knows? But I do know that you have an opportunity to make yourself good for you and your family. That, alone, should be enough.

I do know that we don't always think in that direction (I mean about our progeny, or successors, shall I say). I think we need to think like that, and more than just from time-to-time. That is what can keep us going now.

I am going to call it the Terminator 2 Effect. Are you John Connor? Are you or a future family member supposed to have a role that has an impact on this earth (so great) that you must be present to conduct it years from now. But is the caveat that you must be licensed to practice law? We cannot blow this opportunity if that is the case.

Put your time to good use. Now. Be a self-preserver. Be the John Connor of your future.

Protect yourself, your family and your future assets. GET THROUGH THIS EXAMINATION!