I was a promising graduate student. I landed a position as a professor before I EVEN started to WRITE my dissertation. While I PREPARED to start my new job, I DECIDED that I would begin by studying the brine that bleeds sideways within the rocks that underlie the inner Aegean region of TURKEY.
Read MoreI actually was a good STUDENT, but I never APPLIED myself 'cause I was always LIKE, 'I don't love doing this.' I wasn't passionate about school. I always got a B just to PASS. But what's crazy is I got a 29 on my ACT test without even STUDYING. So I was always, like, just smart - but never really cared.
Read MoreYou've got to be HARSH on yourself because it is the only way you are going to GET better by studying those SITUATIONS where you may have FALLEN short.
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