This is basically a brain dump. But, there are two important points that relate both to training and life. 

1. You are either getting better or worse. Every damn day. We all wake up and are faced with improving or backsliding.
2. Another person's perception is reality, their reality. Just because it is someone else's "opinion" does not make it less valid or real. This applies to anything good or bad.

As the mother of two young children, I try to really tune-in and listen when parents of teenagers or young adults dole out advice. They've been there and done that, so please, I'm ALL ears, give me your wisdom! 

For one thing, they all say the same things: it will go by fast, enjoy the time when they're young. I've NEVER heard a parent tell me: you should definitely work as much as humanly possible because your children take forever to grow up and you really won't miss a thing. Seriously, have you ever heard that? 

And yet so many of "us" as entrepreneurial, business owning parents