Most people today believe hard work an dedication pave the road to success. Today it seems like only free thinkers and people who reject conventional rules of society and push their ideas are ultimately the ones who come out on top. This is because they are embracing the fact that they have natural talents that other may not have, regardless of their own shortcomings. These are the people who do not let outside forces influence them on who they "should" be. These unique individuals are the ones who can change the world, and they are very important in the sense that many of them are born leaders.

Let's take a look at Stephen Curry. He is a basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) on the team called the Golden State Warriors. Before he became a professional basketball player, college recruiters from other schools did not want because they thought he was too short and too skinny to play basketball in the National College Athletic Association (NCAA). He was denied from Virginia Tech, despite it being his father, Dell Curry's alma mater. After being denied from many schools he wanted to play at, Davidson College extended their invitation for him to join their basketball team, It was there that he began to beat team after team in the NCAA. After he graduated, he finally was able to join the Golden State Warriors. Before he joined the team, the Warriors were not a good or well known team. After he started playing for them, the Warriors finished the 2014-2015 season with a championship under their belts. How is this possible? It's because Steph Curry focused on his strengths and not the way others perceived him to be. Despite being short and skinny, by NBA standards, he has undoubtedly become one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He thinks different, and he plays different, which is why he is set apart from the rest of the players in the NBA.

He is just one of the unique individuals who can rise above what others tell him that he is and embrace his gifts. If more people did this, the world would be a better place.