Lighter
"She will be ok", my family and friends said about me when I was growing up.
Very early on in life, I learned that others didn't worry about me, so I figured it was all ok.
I was ok.
I am lucky to have been born with a set of parents who gave me the trust that things will probably work out just fine.
Because of this mindset, I have been able to go through life with an optimistic outlook.
It is definitely an advantage to have an optimistic mindset when the going gets tough in everyday life;
which it does, naturally so, to each and everyone of us.
Tough is part of life,
and so is easy and happy.
All the times that I have fallen down, emotionally and physically, I have been ok anyway.
I learned a lot from everything I experienced - the good, the bad and the ugly.
I used it and developed capabilities because of it.
"Use the difficulty", I heard someone say one time.
A capability I wish for everyone.
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Born in the US, grown up in Norway, I was fortunate to study and work in Northern California.
Fortune, I must say, because we can't choose who, what, when or where we are born - at least I don't think so.
For my education, I did my grammar school in Norway and then my university years in California with a Bachelor of Science in International Business and MBA from California State University.
My work experience in Silicon Valley has included 10 years of corporate venture capital for a Japanese conglomerate, 3 years as the leader of a Norwegian venture hub, 7 years of early stage venture capital in environmentally friendly technologies.
After these Silicon Valley years, I made a change and enjoyed 10 years of living in the western rural part of Sweden.
My focus was on experiencing the Swedish side of my heritage, the country life with horses, local entrepreneurship and part-time B&B hospitality - all in one.
I am now back in San Francisco, enjoying connecting with family and friends - old and new.
There are such lovely people here too!
So lucky!
Eva :-)