Ever thought the normal path wasn’t for you? Ever have anyone told you that one decision is going to make you go into poverty and failure? But, let me tell you Lester Holt went through the same ideals. Today, Lester Holt is on the most known news anchors across the world with many awards, such as five Emmy’s. So do not get down on yourself. Become a better self, that is why Lester Holt is shinning example of becoming minority leader. Holt had gone through many misfortunes but had turn them into triumphs. For that I look up to Lester Holt for a man that takes everyday misfortunes and social norms and challenges them. Growing up Lester Holt found his passion for what was current. While Growing up he would, “He would sit on his bed with a tape recorder and read the newspaper aloud, pretending to be a reporter.” (Morrow 2016). But, Holt didn’t just hold his passion at home, instead he took his passion everywhere he went. While at school, “His baritone boomed the morning announcements over the public address system of his high school” (Morrow 2016). Later on, in his adolescence, he started taking on jobs at the local radio stations. Exploring if this is what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. …show more content…
So Holt would follow the normality path and went to college and decided to change it up a little, he wanted to get a degree in government. But, it didn’t last long, Holt wanted to get back to his roots and then dropped out of school to “take a job working at KCBS” (Morrow 2016). Holt had admitted that it was hard to leave college, looking back Holt remember his mother mentioning, “She predicted poverty and failure,” (Morrow 2016). This was one of the first of many things Holt did to break the normality ideals and started to become a man on his