Noelle RussellChief Executive Officer, AI Leadership Institute · 5x Microsoft Trustworthy AI MVP | 3.4+ million students | #1 Thought Leader in Agentic AI | AI-Powered Revenue Growth + Cost Optimization Expert ✨Best-Selling Author: Scaling Responsible AI | TEDx Sp

Rise Above Doubt and Achieve Your Goals

2 Oct 2024 · 0 min

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A woman describes years of wanting to become an accredited investor but feeling locked out of exclusive deals. She finally hit the income and net-worth thresholds required for the designation, and reflects on the exclusion that drove her to keep pushing.

My whole life I wanted to be an accredited investor, which I am now, but my whole life I wanted to be. And what that meant is that you made a certain amount of income and had a certain net worth, and then you were allowed into certain deals. And it's a coveted place. And I mean, good, I'm there now. But for years I could have invested and they wouldn't let me because I wasn't that special person. And I felt like no one in that little camp looked like me.