My fifth grade teacher (I will call her Ms. R) recently invited me back to my former middle school to talk to her current class. I talked about what drives me, what it takes to be a good student, and somethings to expect in the years to come. I hope you enjoy a variation of my talk. Before I share what I talked about, I want to disclose that some of what is written below can be found on previous blog posts and ValueWalk . "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." When my Ms. R would tell us this, it meant nothing to me as a ten year old. Looking back on it now, the only thing I can think about is how perfectly this describes my story. I am currently in ninth grade. To understand my story, we have to first understand how I got started in two businesses: the jewelry business and the camp business. When I was in 4th grade, I decided to start a business. I don’t believe it had a name, but I was extremely proud of it. I made earri
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