[Scott358]

While a story from last, it's relevant to the topic, so I thought I'd share....

In 2005, Team 358 (who was a member of the winning alliance at the Long Island Regional, won Chairmans at the Long Island Regional, and was a member of a finalist alliance at the Philly Regional) seeded 14th in our division at Nationals, and did not get picked. Obviously this is not what it's all about, but it sure hurt at the time.

At this point, we've turned the hurt into the motivation to take our destiny into our own hands. So far we've seeded 5th at UTC (and made it to the finals) and seeded 1 on Long Island (and won). We hope to control our own destiny in Atlanta.

In the end, it's a great lesson that if you want to go to the dance, don't sit by the phone and wait, do what it takes to be in the position of doing the asking (which in this case meant working even harder than in the past)!!!