This week, I equate the idea of success to running a bakery. This post is the speech I wrote and delivered as the keynote speaker for my City Year graduation. The definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.” We each have our own connotation of success. For some, success is making a lot of money and for others, it’s having your dream career regardless of how much you make. It could be creating a family or starting a business. Success is a very open-ended concept and there really isn’t a right or wrong answer. I decided to relate the idea of success to owning a bakery. The day you were born, you were given a bakery. Until you were old enough to run the bakery on your own, you had parents, teachers, and mentors to help you along the way. Eventually, you were given the keys to your bakery and you decided to make some changes. It took a while for you to decide what changes to make. Let’s say your bakery specialized in red velvet cupcakes. That was the only thing your bakery made since it opened. You made red velvet cupcakes because it’s what […]