Not everyone feels that way. So called friends, family members and acquaintances will sit through an entire lunch looking at the spinach in your teeth (or booger sticking out of your nose) and not say anything. They don’t want to “feel uncomfortable” or “embarrass” you (or themselves) by telling you about that spinach. No, these geniuses think it is much better to let you walk around for the rest of the day with that big green leaf covering up your tooth so that you resemble Grandma Vivian when she takes her dentures out. They will let you smile at that cute man or woman on the bus, take a driver’s license photo or go to an important client meeting with food stuck in your teeth instead of addressing the issue.

A lot of entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs have spinach in their teeth. Instead of telling them, their friends and family don’t want to engender hurt feelings. They would rather spare a hurt ego rather than spare the entrepreneur from wasting time, money and effort.

Beware of anyone who won’t tell you when you have spinach in your teeth.

If you are ready for reality, which may get a little uncomfortable at times, then welcome. I will show you the respect you deserve because your time, money, resources and sanity are valuable. You shouldn’t be wasting your time- you should be maximizing it.

If you would rather not know that you have spinach in your teeth, find someone to talk to you about unicorns, sunshine and puppy dogs because my advice isn’t for you.