Do you resist celebrating others?

Do you resist celebrating others?

 I’m noticing a pattern.  Entrepreneurs and business owners are reacting to their friends’ or colleagues’ recent successes with half-hearted celebration.  It’s not really because they aren’t happy for their friends or don’t want to be.  Instead, they’re thinking about...
Are You Using Your Superpowers?

Are You Using Your Superpowers?

I see it all the time.  People take their gifts for granted. They see their zone of genius as common, believing that anyone can do what they can.  If that were true, tons of other people would be making money doing what they themselves already do.  We need to own our...
Create Your Own Opportunities

Create Your Own Opportunities

I have a client who works for someone else and believes that since that person is connected with all the “right” people, it’s just a matter of time before the doors of opportunity swing open for them, too.  There are problems with this approach. Waiting on other...
Are my boundaries based on money?

Are my boundaries based on money?

When I was ten years old, my older brother got a paper route and, figuring out it was more than he wanted to do, enlisted my help. He was responsible for packing and delivering 50% of the papers and I was responsible for the other 50%.  Several months later, I found...