People who come from a bad childhood situation to be successful in life.

I knew a guy from Kenya who moved to the United States when he was little. He grew up in poverty then became president of the United States later in life.

Joe Burrow grew up in poverty and starving to death and went to LSU and won the heisman trophy and now he has plenty of food.

The few I know it had to be an innate thing - they didn’t trust anyone so I know they don’t have a role model and had little outside or good influence

It took me till my forties to realize I came from a very messed up childhood. Raised in a cult, often told no matter what I had achieved it wasn't enough. Never beaten or abused but as a rule, left to my own devices with very little oversight other than criticism.

In my life, I have been able to achieve much in a business that is the most competitive and cut throat you can imagine. And I have been able to do so without abusing others lying cheating or stealing,I also remember many failures. Divorce, professional disappointments, and this stroke certainly has been a setback but all of it I see it is a chance to prove my mettle and overcome.

I know a guy from Boston that had a very shitty childhood. His dad would put cigarettes out on him and beat him with a wrench. He got a job as a janitor at a very prestigious college and would solve math equations that were written on the board at night. Long story short, he ended up moving to California and marrying Minnie Driver. He parties with Ben Affleck too..

I worked with a guy who came from a terrible white trash family. He joined the military and turned it all around. He is very smart and has a bright future. Too bad the trashy arse family constantly begs him for money.

My Dad was 1 of 10 kids born in a literal dirt floor shack on a cotton farm. He used to get in trouble for doing chores for the black couple down the road for a piece of pie as payment.

Joined the Army Corps of Engineers to avoid the draft to Korean War and served in Germany rebuilding that nation (enlist and choose destination, wait on draft and you got sent to war). His parents spent every dime he sent home to save for college on the other kids and the farm. So when he got home, he and another brother built them their 1st house without dirt floors that my 90 year old Aunt still lives in today.

Dad went to LaTech, got Civil Engineering degree and worked his way up from designing gas stations to 3 doors down from the CEO of Big 3 Oil as Purchasing Manager. Retired with $million+ in the bank.

Not too bad for a cotton farmer, from dirt floors to millionaire.

When I was a firefighter back in the day, a guy on my shift grew up dirt poor with 2 alcoholic parents. His mom died when he was 12 or 13 I think. He graduated from high school and when he got home from the ceremony, his dad had 2 suitcases packed with all of his clothes and toiletries sitting on the porch in front of his door. He said there was a note taped to it that basically said that his father had fulfilled his responsibility to him and that it was time for him to be a man and take care of himself.

He crashed at friends houses for a couple months until he could get to boot camp for the army. He went to Afghanistan, did his time and got out. Got hired as a firefighter/EMT. Worked hard, saved money, got married, bought a house, had kids, etc. He ended up buying a house that needed a lot of work to fix and use as a rental for extra income. He liked doing the work so much that he ended up forming a construction company and is doing very well at that to this day. He is also the fire chief of the department we worked together at. He's done amazing things for the department and the city.

He has a wife and 3 kids and could probably retire right now in his early 40s and be fine. The stuff I've learned about his childhood from him and others is truly sad and heartbreaking. But, he didn't let those circumstances be an anchor around his neck and he'd never use it as an excuse for any reason ever. He really is a great dude and I respect the hell out of him.

I have a friend whose mom was a complete psychopath and got pregnant with her during a one night stand. Raised by grandma of the dad. Now she’s a doctor.

There’s literally countless examples of this happening. Those who do not make the personal decision to achieve more than what they grew up in love to rely on society’s built-in excuses for sympathy. Do some have more opportunity than others? Absolutely. Is that an excuse to be a piece of shite? It shouldn’t be but it has become that.