EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 29 MIN
Episode 100 – You Let Your Kids Down. Now What?
from Old Man Energy · host Old Man Energy
Episode 100 – You Let Your Kids Down. Now What?Most people love talking about success.Very few people want to talk about disappointment.In Episode 100 of Old Man Energy, Flint Anderson tackles one of the hardest realities of life, leadership, parenting, and entrepreneurship: the moments when you let someone down, when you let yourself down, and when life lets you down.Not the dramatic movie version.The quiet kind.The moment when your child asks you to go on the field trip and you have to say no.When money isn’t there.When a business deal collapses.When the economy shifts.When you break a promise to yourself and have to face it.Flint breaks disappointment into three types:Letting other people downLetting yourself downLife letting you downThrough personal stories about raising seven children while building businesses, surviving financial collapse after the 2008 recession, rebuilding after bankruptcy, and navigating more than two decades as a full-time entrepreneur, Flint explains why struggle and disappointment are not always the enemy.Sometimes they are the lesson.Sometimes they are the very things that build resilience, patience, discipline, and perspective in both adults and children.This episode explores:How to deal with disappointment without quittingHow to handle letting your kids downWhat broken promises to yourself do to confidenceWhy children must learn how to deal with struggleHow entrepreneurs deal with failure and setbacksWhy social media comparison distorts realityHow delayed gratification builds stronger adultsWhat your kids and your team actually learn from watching youHow to keep moving when life punches you in the teethYour children are not learning the most from your success.They are learning from how you handle your failures.And one day, when they face disappointment themselves, the way you handled yours may be the reason they keep going.If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it.Follow Old Man Energy and Flint Anderson for more conversations on leadership, discipline, entrepreneurship, parenting, and personal responsibility.Any Idiot With a Hammerhttps://www.anyidiotwithahammer.flintanderson.com/Momentum Mattershttps://www.momentummatters.flintanderson.com/Websitehttps://flintanderson.comOld Man Energy Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/theoldmanenergyFlint Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/phlintrockFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/PhlintRockTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@phlint_rockTwitter / Xhttps://twitter.com/PhlintRock750K Mastermindhttps://750kmastermind.comOfficial Merchandisehttps://shop.flintanderson.com
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Episode 100 – You Let Your Kids Down. Now What?Most people love talking about success.Very few people want to talk about disappointment.In Episode 100 of Old Man Energy, Flint Anderson tackles one of the hardest realities of life, leadership, parenting, and entrepreneurship: the moments when you let someone down, when you let yourself down, and when life lets you down.Not the dramatic movie version.The quiet kind.The moment when your child asks you to go on the field trip and you have to say no.When money isn’t there.When a business deal collapses.When the economy shifts.When you break a promise to yourself and have to face it.Flint breaks disappointment into three types:Letting other people downLetting yourself downLife letting you downThrough personal stories about raising seven children while building businesses, surviving financial collapse after the 2008 recession, rebuilding after bankruptcy, and navigating more than two decades as a full-time entrepreneur, Flint explains why struggle and disappointment are not always the enemy.Sometimes they are the lesson.Sometimes they are the very things that build resilience, patience, discipline, and perspective in both adults and children.This episode explores:How to deal with disappointment without quittingHow to handle letting your kids downWhat broken promises to yourself do to confidenceWhy children must learn how to deal with struggleHow entrepreneurs deal with failure and setbacksWhy social media comparison distorts realityHow delayed gratification builds stronger adultsWhat your kids and your team actually learn from watching youHow to keep moving when life punches you in the teethYour children are not learning the most from your success.They are learning from how you handle your failures.And one day, when they face disappointment themselves, the way you handled yours may be the reason they keep going.If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it.Follow Old Man Energy and Flint Anderson for more conversations on leadership, discipline, entrepreneurship, parenting, and personal responsibility.Any Idiot With a Hammerhttps://www.anyidiotwithahammer.flintanderson.com/Momentum Mattershttps://www.momentummatters.flintanderson.com/Websitehttps://flintanderson.comOld Man Energy Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/theoldmanenergyFlint Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/phlintrockFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/PhlintRockTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@phlint_rockTwitter / Xhttps://twitter.com/PhlintRock750K Mastermindhttps://750kmastermind.comOfficial Merchandisehttps://shop.flintanderson.com
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