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how people with engineering degrees usually fail at sales and don’t have what it
takes. David said, “give me a chance – hire me and I’ll prove I can do it”. His dad wasn’t
so pleased – an engineering degree apparently going to waste. What David did, was
prove them both wrong – like the “Larry Bird” era of the Boston Celtics, David was the first
in and the last out every day. This is what made Larry Bird so great and so famous. He
also had the humility to admit he wasn’t the greatest or the best, but he was the hardest
working at his job. And because of this passion and drive, he became one of the very best
at his job. He made his numbers, he became the top sales earner at Oracle. He was
promoted 5 times during his career there and learning valuable life lessons along the way.

Pictured Above, Quotable from Dr. David G. DeWalt

Fast forward – greatest failures, leading to greatest successes. The day was April 21,
2010. David DeWalt was proudly the CEO of computer security company McAfee. On
this day, he received an urgent call at 6 a.m. to quickly come into the office. As he gathered
together with his management team to hear the bad news, he had learned that they

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