Hurdle/Challenge: Growing up, I have always managed to understand concepts in class and I was deemed a pretty gifted student. However, I would always end up getting low grades, much to the surprise of my parents and friends who knew...

Challenge / Hurdle: It’s the month of July, the year 1976 and I had just recently experienced attending my senior prom and graduation in May. The United Kingdom was experiencing a heatwave and St Louis, Mo also had hot temperatures,...

I believe the biggest challenge I have overcome in life was coping with the feeling and tragedy of losing someone dear to me. I prefer not to mention in specifics who it was. A lot of people handle losing someone...

As a kid going to school, bullying was a big issue with me. Kids would bully me physically, mentally, and even cyberbully. It was so painful, it got to the point where my mind told me, “you’re going to school...

Hurdle / Challenge: I struggled with the traditional definition of success. When I was much younger I defined success in terms of money and fame – I didn’t make either, but more importantly, did not find much inner motivation to...

Hurdle / Challenge: I grew up in a culture where people with ideas are well respected. As I became older though I found myself struggling with the execution of ideas. As I hopped from ideas to ideas, I could never...