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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
people around her had poisoned her self-talk, turned
her strengths into weaknesses and had her believing all
these negative things about herself. No wonder a
stimulating, quick-witted woman with high standards,
living in the circumstances she did, was told over and
over she was an aggressive, angry bitch. Sooner or
later we start to believe what people say. But Susan’s
lights went on that day as we peeled back the layers
and discovered what she’d always been great at since
she was a child. What made her deep-down angry
about society in general and what gave her great joy.
“This is it,” Susan said as her truths revealed
themselves and the words came to her, “This is what I
do. I can’t help it. This is me.”
Six years later I was giving a keynote speech at The
International Plaza Convention Center in Toronto. I’d
just got off the escalator when someone called my
name.
“Hey Nick.”
I turned.
“You don’t remember me do you?”
The woman looked familiar. “Help me out,” I said.
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