“Trust is built when no one is looking.”
—Seth Godin, author and branding genius
Who do you trust?
Sometimes it's hard to trust yourself. Especially after a health crisis. Believe me, I know.
When your body lets you down, where do you turn? You want to believe in yourself, but guess what? Some days are better than others, am I right? That's just the way life works. Expecting every minute of every day to be magic is simply not realistic. I believe in willpower, but I see that there's something more sustainable. Despite our best intentions, we all are capable of putting bugs into bowls, and hiding in our rooms, instead of taking the action that we need. What if there was a way to trust in something more than yourself – something that doesn't change based on moods or circumstances? What would that kind of trust add to your blueprint? To your organization?
“Of all the species on this planet, nothing rivals the complexity inside the human brain,” David Eagleman writes in his brilliant book Livewired. “The brain is a dynamic system, constantly altering its own circuitry to match the demands of the environment and the capabilities of the body … the total number of connections between the neurons in your head is in the hundreds of trillions (around 0.2 quadrillion). Think of it this way: there are twenty times more connections in a cubic millimeter of cortical [brain] tissue than ...
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