It's taken me a lifetime (so far) to realise that we too often let other people shape us, let their actions define how we react or respond and too often try to rise to their expectations and beliefs rather than our own. We seek favour and approval and we compromise for that reason and then we suddenly notice we're doing it more than we should... that, personally or professionally, we're suddenly being a passenger in others' lives and not a driver in our own.There are days and weeks when I am just...