By Bob Bernstein, an EO Nashville member and founder of Bongo Productions

Sometimes things in business and life are laughed off until something happens that forces us to take matters more seriously.

As an entrepreneur, my mind generates so many ideas that I started numbering them in emails to my administrative team. I made my Forum mates crack up when I spontaneously quoted Britney Spears to describe this non-stop flow of ideas. “Oops! I Did it Again” became my entrepreneurial theme song.

But I knew there was a problem when I passed out in the parking lot of my kids’ school.