Courtesy of Peg Skorpinski Early indications: Except for a brief flirtation with writing at one point, I always wanted to be a scientist. Since I was young, I've loved biology and computers, and it's ...

Ineffective Response: Blame and punish yourself for being wrong; avoid people who know you were wrong. Effective Response: Respond and talk to yourself with understanding and compassion.

Learning to speak up and assert yourself is difficult. It requires a reconditioning of your default responses and an ability to tolerate the inevitable discomfort to create change.