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Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by plonk on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:48PM (#31768899)
> Many of my peers had middle-class parents working normal jobs who just loved unconditionally + put effort forward... the difference between them and those who had less than ideal upbringings is typically vast.

Do you mean their career success, or their personalities in general?

Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by folkhack on Thursday June 16, 2022 @02:10PM (#31769169)
Both.

Positive upbringings helped those folks navigate everything in life better from simple chores like laundry, to relationships, to school, to careers... etc.

People are more healthy when they're in an environment that promotes emotional/educational growth vs. when they're forced into a survival mentality. Those who had the opportunity to grow in safety have an easier time socially vs. those who had to navigate turbulent childhoods.

Much of it is just trust

Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by creakingstairs on Thursday June 16, 2022 @07:59PM (#31772455)
I always didn’t understand how some of people were so positive/nice all the time and I thought they were really good at faking it. Then one time I spent a bit of time with their family and immediately understood why.

> Much of it is just trust

You are absolutely right. There was so much trust between the kids and the parent. You could tell from the way they act and talk around each other. That experience was very enlightening for me.

Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by a9h74j on Thursday June 16, 2022 @08:43PM (#31772769)
> navigate everything in life better

Presumably there are many factors. One worth considering could be "frustration tolerance" as a construct or capability.

Re:The silent majority of experts (2012) by new_stranger on Thursday June 16, 2022 @02:11PM (#31769175)
Not OP, and just opinion, but I've seen markedly different career and personality/friend/family success. They seem like talented happy people able to take on a wide variety of challenges and do well.

The friends with troubled upbringing often do find success in one area of life, but they seem unstable overall and often crash or stall in multiple other areas.