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For those who don’t know, I only attended one year of traditional public school. 2 semesters were all it took for me to realize that...

Have you ever heard the verse from Proverbs 15, plans fail for lack of council? Or perhaps the African proverb, a village without the...

7,000 hours. That’s how much time I have spent in the pool as a competitive swimmer over the course of my lifetime. And in those 7,000...

“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” — Albert...

It was my very first interview. And I had not prepared for any of the questions beforehand. Let me back up. Always Stay Curious It was...

I just got back from Speedo Sectionals Championship Series in Austin, TX. For those who don't know Sectionals is a bi-yearly competition...

Comparison can be helpful, in small doses. But when it becomes the prime motivation for any activity, it can become deadly. Comparison is...

Imagine you were given an opportunity to sail around the world for a year. You would visit untouched seas, witness the most exotic and...

A couple of days ago I was scrolling through social media when I saw a post that said, “If at first, you don’t fail, try, try again.”...

“We don't grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges.” This is something I had to constantly remind myself during the...

As a 16-year-old and a junior in high school, I have made the choice to be an independent learner because I believe that the structure of...