I struggled academically throughout elementary school

Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude.

If for you the most important thing is to make a lot of money, then you don't want to take a certain type of risk. If, on another hand, the most important thing to you is to make people around you have a more fulfilled life, then there is a different set of things that are important to you. Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.

In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.

I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

Say your prayers. And I'll say mine. Because I really think it helps.