If you're in a serious relationship or marriage, the best bet is to encourage the other half even you do not know how to advise him in terms of business strategies

there's a lot of guilts or shame reside that makes him unwilling to share his thoughts esp under the influence of social or work pressure. Even myself i have been ashamed of unable to handle some tricky situation when dealing with difficult people

If your s/o is unwilling to identify and process the sticking point, he will forever being the same attitude, the self sabotage already presented on his career pattern