When you have kids and hopefully I’m a grandparent, make sure you listen to your kids and don’t over parent. Let your kids fail. Failure is what breeds success in children, not micromanaging. The best thing that can happen is for your kid to learn from their failure.

What’s a bean counter? Basically it’s an accountant. It’s a fine profession. I’m using as a pejorative here really to describe a personality trait as opposed to a profession. Don’t keep score in all of your personal relationships, it just makes people resent you and makes them think everything is a transaction with you.