Time must be explicitly managed, like money.
The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.
Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.
Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?
Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.