Crossing the Line: Outing Your (Business) Infidelity

Have you ever stood between two mirrors and caught glimpses of yourself  cascading into an accordion-pleated tunnel of mirror images stretching to infinity?

I experienced one of these moments while passing through the liminal doorway between conversations; the stories relayed by business owners and their spouses revealed behavioral financial insights into spousal relationships to money and their partners.

Consider this analogy.  A husband or wife might collude to hide financial decisions from his/her spouse in the following ways: (more…)

Crossing the Line: Outing Your (Business) Infidelity was first published to American Business Advisors Blog

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