I know you have never faced adversity in life. Good for you.
Yea, right. All those years of poaching small game as a kid so we could have food on the table was just sport hunting without paperwork. Nothin’ to it.
Lack of money as a youth is what made me into a money-making sled dog in life. People who say it “is hard” get nothing no sympathy from me. Been there, done that, didn’t get any sympathy from other people at the time.
Looking back, I’d do it all again, hardship and all. Without the tough times as a kid, I have no doubt I would never have been as successful. Whenever I thought “Hey, I could kick back and slack off... things are pretty good right here...” all I had to remember was the times we didn’t know if my mother was going to lose the house to the bank, how we’d pay for groceries and so on.
Best motivation in the world: remember what it was like to not have much at all.
Kids today are spoiled like they’ve never been before. Same advice given to me as a youth applies to them: “quityerbitchin’ and get to work.”