>My personal super hero is my late mother.
>Widowed at 30 ... she scrounged an old typewriter somewhere, taught herself shorthand and typing, and became a dynamite legal stenographer.
>Unlike ordinary people, that lady fired her bosses if they didn't meet her standards- they were ridiculously high.
>Among the bosses she fired were Louis Nizer, Bernard Baruch, Louis Auchincloss and Richard Nixon - good lawyers all, but not up to her standards.
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>When she typed one of my college papers (after a two hour commute and cooking us a dinner), I was guaranteed a grade boost. Her syntax and grammar were flawless.
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>Her two sons graduated at the top of their college classes only because of that tough lady who wouldn't quit.

What an awesome lady!

Sounds like she made her own luck!