You have questions for the speaker, but you don’t ask because you’re afraid of what others may think. You’ve written dozens of stories, but don’t share them with anyone. You have a great idea for a work project, but you don’t bring up the…
When J.K. Rowling was writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, she was a single-mother, unemployed, on welfare, depressed, and even considered suicide. And she, like many first-time authors, struggled to get Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone published. It was rejected by almost…
We learn to respond to the expectations of others. Some of us get trapped in this cycle from childhood. Some of us learn later in life by focusing on external values, like money and material things. We become approval addicts, and live in fear…
