the old woman who lived in a shoe,as the nursery rhyme goes, had so many children she didn't know what to do. like ashley, whom you will meet in this chapter, some particularly creative , entrepreneurial professionals may have many brainchildren, but they can't sustain their focus long enough to raise any to maturity. in Ashley's case the issue ran deeper because her competitive mother ridiculed Ashley's childhood achievements, leaving her with a lifelong feeling that to succeed meant to encounter danger and rejection.