Yeah you're right. The idea of entrepreneurship seems really amazing until one gets to understand the sacrifice and pain involved. This is mostly why people prefer to work for others because they do not want to bear the responsibility of loss.
Our experiences as younger people often stay with us, whether it's sad or sweet experiences and they have ways of determining the people we eventually become, at least to some extent. It's why I remember the girl who gave me her lunch money, it's been over 18 years, but then memory still remains.
You're right about tough times making stronger people and vice versa. It's applicable in all situations of life, the hope is that too many tough times don't become the end of one.
I really hope the same... God bless our hustle! that the prayer of every hustler.