- Jeanne, would you kill someone if I offered you 100 million dollars to do it?

This is a real question I’ve been asked the other day.
Don’t worry! This request didn’t come from a client.
I am certainly a “cleaner”, but not this kind.

So the other night, I was at a friend’s place for dinner. Very early in the evening, still on our first beer, he suddenly brought up this question out of nowhere.
Even I, self-proclaimed queen of reading people, didn’t see it coming!
He is one of the most benevolent and caring people I know. But here it is; I also love this friend because he and I always have great conversations and debates since he is a brilliant mind who enjoys philosophical/conceptual/ethical dilemmas.

So here we are.

Now that this disturbing question has infiltrated your mind too, play it out with me for the sake of the soul-searching it offers. 
Ask yourself the same question, and see (the more spontaneously, the better) what your...

There are certain people who reveal themselves ONLY in demanding situations.
Surprisingly enough, you sometimes find them occupying safe and sustainable positions, in a slow-paced company for years – sometimes decades –  taking the path of security.
I would know, I work regularly with some of them.

The problem is that they are not frequently challenged. They are not flirting with the “edge of the cliff,” and over the years they end up appreciating the softness of that “self-killing-comfort”.
After years of leading successful and smooth professional journeys, they end up calling on me, intent on soul-searching, without a clue as to what could be wrong with them. They are looking for that missing piece, and for their true fulfillment.

I call them “Sleeping Beauties”.
Sleeping Beauties are:

1. Doing OKAY… They sometimes feel bored, but they believe it’s normal.
   
   
2. Not using their full potential. (Don’t start with the...