What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?

We asked folks a question that led to many surprising answers – some sad, some thought-provoking and some funny. We’ve highlighted a cross section of those responses below.

Trixie Leuck

As a child, I believed that the parts of me that were different needed to be hidden. My family immigrated from the Philippines, and when we arrived in the U.S., I was often put into boxes I didn’t belong in. I spoke perfect English, but I was still placed in special language classes because of how I looked and the faint accent I carried. Read more>>

Konstanza Kovalev-Brigden

As a child, I believed I had to do it all myself: that success meant constantly proving myself. I carried that belief into my early years of entrepreneurship, chasing an ideal version of what I thought things “should” look like. Read more>>

Trisha Talbot

As a child I felt that I could only be successful as an individual contributor through grit and will power. It served me well into my 20’s. Now, I prefer to brainstorm solutions with a team, understand different perspectives to solve a problem and everyone take ownership of a part of it and build something better than I could ever build by myself. Read more>>