You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

I'm a professor - there should be some lessons learned - and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.

Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.