I've always liked to think of myself as a dreamer; not the dreamer in the sense that I'd wake up every morning to recall a different fantasy that dwindled in my mind, but in the sense that I wanted to do something - to have a sense of purpose. For as long as I can remember, I have been scheming about potential businesses. The first idea was a snack bar called "The Banana Bar." I even created my own version...

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As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.” I believe that this quote is true for all aspects of life, as the definition of success is always changing. In middle school, I thought I was successful when I had the most friends, got to sit at the “cool kids” table, and was the best at sports. When I started high school, success was all about grades, striving to...