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#trust30 Day 3 - One Strong Belief, by Buster Benson

The world is powered by passionate people, powerful ideas, and fearless action. What’s one strong belief you possess that isn’t shared by your closest friends or family? What inspires this belief, and what have you done to actively live it?  

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We mask our emotions and self-select our attitudes and behaviors based on the environments we’re in.  We’re taught shame and guilt at a young age and learn of insecurity by the time we’ve hit puberty.  In our professional lives we’re instructed to devalue emotion, to treat business as something that’s not personal, simply a transaction or “just a job”.

Then there’s me. I am notorious for laughing out loud.  When I’m sad or uncomfortable, it shows on my face. Every single one of my bosses has seen me cry. I can be fiercely intense, stricken with vulnerability, confident, and uncertain, all in a day’s work.  

Regardless of the state I’m in, I live my life unafraid.  My biggest fear is the day I find myself unable to express myself, void of emotion.  

LIfe is too short to live it as a masquerade.  Expose yourself.