For the first 19 years of my life I knew I was lazy. I was smart, but I constantly slacked off. I found the smallest amount of work I could get away with doing and did no more. I was often reminded that I wasn't living up to my potential. "If B's were all you were capable of that would be fine, but you're so smart. You could easily get an A," was a regular refrain in my house. Everyone around me s