Lisa Akselrod

Being the underdog is a much better place to be than having everything handed to you on a silver platter I’ve watched people I know land jobs at Company X, get into Prestigious Fund Y, attend elite schools, or grow up in the right network while others who would’ve killed for those opportunities were left starting from zero or even worse negative family dynamics or upbringing I’ve seen anger, frustration and negative self talk that comes with feeling like you have to build everything from nothing. But as painful as it sounds, it’s exactly where the advantage is. It forces you to learn how to fight, how to sell, how to hear no a hundred times and keep going, how to build with limited resources, and how to create opportunities instead of waiting for someone to hand them to you The right network, family upbringing, or the right school can help. But pain, grit, and having to build yourself from scratch makes you stronger. They force you to develop skills that can’t be taught I’d bet on the founder who had to earn everything. That scar tissue becomes the foundation of an unstoppable person or startup

Erling Braut Haaland arrives back in Norway with a raccoon.