There are many counter examples to your anecdote. Larry Ellison comes to mind, but there are others (in fact, most of our most successful people come from very broken backgrounds).<p>It&#x27;s what you do with that drive&#x2F;anger&#x2F;passion&#x2F;frustration&#x2F;motivation&#x2F;defiance that counts.<p>It takes a lot of risk, and guts to strike out and create jobs - and more often than not it doesn&#x27;t work out... but that&#x27;s all part of the game.<p>It&#x27;s one thing to be really good at what you do... to even be the best. It&#x27;s another thing entirely to convince other really good and sometimes the best people to work for you, your company, and your ideas.