As a teenager, I was one of those annoying students who would wait until the day before an exam to study, then cram for six hours straight. I saw good grades as something I knew I could get, but they held little value for me.

But in my final year of high school, I decided to prove the nay-sayers wrong. I studied like I never had before and graduated in the top three of my school. I had succeeded. But by whose measure of success?

Now as an entrepreneur, I ask myself that same question. What does success look like to me — and is there an unusual but better path that’ll take me there?

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