A lot has changed for Charania since his days at New Trier high less than a decade ago, but almost nothing is different for Shams in terms of his mindset and approach. “Maybe in like 10 years, I’ll look back at it and be like ‘damn, that was insane,’” he said, “but now I feel like I’m still in the middle of everything so it’s tough to really look at it like that. I’m just trying to continue pushing the envelope in terms of what my mindset is, what my goals are.”