Interesting question, one that'll likely be debated forever. Regarding this - I see most people falling into one of two camps: (1) Trusting of people from the

Interesting question, one that'll likely be debated forever. Regarding this - I see most people falling into one of two camps: (1) Trusting of people from the onset and slowly build walls due to bad circumstances, or (2) Walls pre-built and people need to break them down in order to "get in". #1 will likely share their ideas freely #2 will likely not (there are always exeptions...) What camp do you lean towards? My recommendation is that you try a little of the opposite... In my opinion, this is based around a fairly core trait...trust. You are who you are, and it's not easy to change a core trait like that. However, you can shift a bit and not make yourself uncomfortable. It's probably been said a billion times, but ideas are nothing...action is everything. If you're not taking action yourself, and you need others to help...keeping that idea to yourself isn't going to get you any further. That's really the bottom line. Find the right people you can trust and talk to them. At some point, you do have to open up and share. By the way, guilty as charged in the past. I've shifted, and am much happier for it. Cheers, AL