I encourage you to ask yourself a series of questions about whether you have access to the right kinds of connections to help you get to the next level: Am I being appropriately pushed to be better, to be more? What specifically am I being challenged to do better? What specifically am I being challenged to do that is more than I’m doing now? Am I being pushed past my comfort zone? When I resist or struggle, how are these feelings addressed? Do others remain firm in my need to grow?