Michelle Obama's Best Advice For Students | How To Succeed In Life

Who are you going to be? The question is not asking what you will be but who you will be, meaning how do you plan to live your life every day?

How will you respond when you don't get that job you wanted? What if the students in your class don't respond to your lessons? Or, in business, how will you react if your boss asks you to do something just out of your league?

The moment you get knocked down and wonder if it is even worth it are the times when you have to ask yourself, "Who am I going to be?"

A body of research shows that skills like resilience and conscientiousness are as important to your success as your test scores or IQ. If you are willing to pick yourself up when you fall and are willing to work, then you'll develop a set of skills you can mould and apply to any situation.

Qualities that define what kind of person you are:

• Are you a hard worker and reliable?
• Are you open to other viewpoints?
• Do you serve others?

These qualities move people and businesses forward.

These are also the qualities you already have. You learned them from your parents and the communities you are part of. They are also the skills the world needs.