Let's wave a magical wand and—BAM!—I turn to you and offer you $1,000,000 in cash as a gift. No strings attached. Would you take it? If you didn't immediately say, "YES," there may be some deeper-rooted trust issues we need to unpack. Regardless, like most things that appear too good to be true, there's a catch. The million dollars is real. It's yours. But you won't wake up tomorrow morning. Suddenly, the brain starts spinning. Thoughts are racing at incalculable speeds trying to determine risk versus reward. A million dollars is a TON of money. Is it even possible to spend that much in one day? What could I buy? Who could I give it to? Could I somehow make this worth it? But there's that nagging thought in the back of your brain—or the front, for many of you: $1,000,000...but I don't wake up tomorrow. Hard pass. Now I'm going to practice a skill I'm still working on: listening to understand instead of listening to respond. "So, if I h...