Your family could be your biggest motivator. Below is an excerpt from the article, "The "Older" Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon" on HBR.
"For me, family provides a separate identity outside my company, a consistent outlet for rest and relaxation, and a safe haven to escape the relentless pressures of building a business. These social supports go far to replenish the necessary reserves of energy, courage, and tenacity that are essential to successfully leading a start-up.
But what about the kids anyway? With a family, people assume that children will pull the entrepreneur dangerously away from minding the store. Indeed, in the early years of The Grommet, the business itself did feel a lot like a newborn baby. And if I had had a real, live newborn, it would have been a desperate and impossible tug of war. The business required constant attention and it completely dominated my every waking and sleeping moment. Seeing me frequently preoccupied, one of my three sons learned to say, “Mom, you are off in email land again.” He noted the figurative steam coming off my brow and realized I was composing a response to a request or challenge (usually related to people or capital!) in my head."
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