Everyone waits for their "big break"... the chance to talk to the right person or pop into the right circumstance and get recognized. Given your skills, talents, and abilities, what do you imagine as your big break? What single occurrence could put you on the fast track to success?
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This is really a question more appropriate to those who are at or near the beginnings of their careers, but anyway...
My big break, when it arrived, looked like a calamity of huge dimensions. My father was crippled by a freak accident: a wall fell on him and shattered his leg. As the oldest able-bodied male (at 15), I had to undertake to support the family: Dad, myself and my two siblings. This forced me to learn something useful: computer programming. That was in 1968, when computers were still rare and mysterious.
In the years that followed, I earned many degrees, including a doctorate in astrophysics, but I've always made my living programming and managing other programmers. And it has made me a very successful and well respected man.
Sometimes your "big break" won't look like a gilded ship coming into port.
Well, a big break for me would be a success in theatrical directing that would get me noticed and wanted. I think small, actually - I'm not a professional, nor do I really aspire to direct professional theatre - community theatre is fine with me, and to have a reputation as a good director that people would like to have come and do one of their shows would be a big break.
A cure for narcolepsy (as opposed to partial control of symptoms) could be a big break for me. On the other hand, having the disorder has probably helped to build character.