Why is it so hard to resist calling my dad when my new role gets hard?

Because every cell in your body is wired to ask for help from the person who has been the answer your whole life. Kris Kluver, in The Dysfunctional Family Office, captures Gail Mitchell sitting at her desk after a major client called to threaten to leave. Her first instinct was to call her father. He'd know what to say. He could salvage the account. Her hand hovered over his name. She stopped. This was her company now. Her decision. Her problem to solve. Or fail at. The instinct to call doesn't disappear. The skill is interrupting it. Most rising generation CEOs make the call once or twice in the early months and immediately feel the cost to their own authority. Each time they don't make the call, the muscle for handling it alone gets stronger. After six months the instinct quiets. The CEO becomes the CEO.