You’ve mentioned flunking first grade. Looking back, how did that failure shape your confidence and direction in life?
Replied byHayes Barnard
Founder & CEO at GoodLeap
Niche: Finance, Technology
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2010
It crushed my confidence for a long time. People made fun of me for being the kid who flunked first grade. I had dysgraphia and dyslexia but nobody knew what that was back then. People just thought I was dumb. So I overcompensated with sports and personality, and that drive to prove myself carried into business later.
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