The Success Of Success

It is easy to say that in life everyone wants to succeed, but unfortunately that is not true. Success can be for everyone, but not everyone desires it like stated in the following quote: “You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing” -Philippos. I am currently a Business Administration Major here at the College of Westchester, and long before starting college, I knew failure was not going to be an option for me. I grew up in a household of four, composed of my father, my mother, my younger sister, and myself. As I continued to advance through school I realized I was not an average student. I noticed that there was a drive in me that was different from the students around me. I was never okay with

I always knew I wanted to do great, big things, but I felt that in due time I would know exactly what that would be. My career goals were not very clear during my start here at the college, but my educational goals definitely were. I knew I wanted to succeed by exceling in everything I did. I have always been a hard working student, and I saw college as a challenge that I wanted to excel at. Everyone always said to me that college would be very hard, and it would be difficult to obtain great grades. However I always believed in myself, and pushed myself to give the best of me possible. Through every semester I encouraged myself along the way, and I did everything I could to excel in every class, no matter what the subject was, or who the professor was. I had a clear goal to do great no matter the circumstance, and as I come closer to finishing my fourth semester, I’m proud to say I have achieved one of my goals. I have accumulated a perfect grade point average which I am very proud of, because I know it took a lot of hard work, and perseverance. This was one of the many things that I wanted to achieve her at the college, and I am glad I was able to push myself till I achieved