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The One Thing that Allowed Me to Get Admitted to Harvard
Two-word game changing mentality revealed
We all have this in common — we are masters at comparing ourselves to others.
We get upset when our peers do better than us. We scheme how we can make it up and be better. Sometimes we let the envy and jealousy sink into our souls and demotivate us.
All this comparing and imitation does one thing. It makes you another admission package waiting to be rejected from a top school.
Imagine though, if you stopped yourself more often. You could find activities that you actually enjoy and revel in. You could stop the endless jealousy and chart your own path. You could become a world-class writer or a famous comedian.
The possibilities are limitless. You become limitless.
You need to resist other’s opinions
You stop doing what your parents tell you to do because all the rest of the kids are doing it — like the volunteer trips that my grandmother thought I should take because the other neighborhood kids were doing it.
You stop joining clubs just because your friends are doing it. For example honor society, academic decathlon, and journalism.
