Two major factors that influenced me were my teachers in high school and my father. Getting through four years of high school was the first goal. It wasn’t just the academic challenges that changed my point of view about my future, it was the people I met and the teachers that taught me throughout the years. My teachers taught me to always aim high. Academically I motivated myself to surpass all the expectations everyone had for me. By surpassing these expectations I proceeded to graduate and take the next step that would lead me closer to the career of my choice. Throughout the years my father has also influenced me to show initiative. He has helped me with many things like how to become responsible. My father owns a small business and he gave me my first job. He didn’t favor me because I was his son. He treated me like he would treat every employee; with respect.  These people have prepared me to be the leader I seek to be.

Jack Welch said “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Taking what Welch said into consideration, as a student i am open to learning many things that will help guide me to achieve the goals I have set for myself. Academically I have achieved the goals I set for my 4 years of high school. Getting through those 4 years was the first goal. It wasn’t just the academic challenges that changed my point of view, it was the people I met and the teachers that taught me throughout the years. The people who entered my life influenced me to experience new things. I made mistakes along the way but the mistakes I made helped me grow as an individual. School wasn’t just another thing I was forced to do, it became something I knew I needed to achieve the final goal I had set. Academically I motivated myself to surpass all the expectations everyone had for me. By surpassing these expectations I proceeded to graduate and take the next step to get me closer to the career of my choice.

Throughout the years my father has influenced me to take initiative in my life. He has helped me with many things like how to become responsible. My father owns a small business and he gave me my first job. He didn’t favor me because I was his son. He treated me like he would treat every other employee he ever hired:with respect. But he would not tolerate anything that would affect his business. Working for my father was a career experience because I learned how to greet my customers and provide them with the best service possible.

My personal strength is I’m very humorous and outgoing, i also manage to make people laugh. My academic goal in life is to be an owner of a restaurant providing my future customers with the excellent service and delicious food.