Who Form 5495 Trusts 2017-2024

Applause! Music, thank you, thank you very much. What I love about events like these is that it's not just people coming together to hear ideas. It's that we all came here for the same reason - every single one of us came here because we share something. We have similar values and similar beliefs. And it's the reason we showed up. We don't know each other, and yet we know something about each other. Now, this is important, you see, because the very survival of the human race depends on our ability to surround ourselves with people who believe what we believe. When we're surrounded by people who believe what we believe, something remarkable happens. Trust emerges. Make no mistake about it, trust is a feeling, a distinctly human experience. Simply doing everything that you promised you're going to do does not mean people will trust you. It just means you're reliable. And we all have friends who are total screw-ups, and yet we still trust them. Trust comes from a sense of common values and beliefs. And the reason trust is important is because when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, we're more confident to take risks. We're more confident to experiment, which requires failure by the way. We're more confident to go off and explore, knowing that there is someone from within our community, someone who believes what we believe, someone we trust, and who trusts us. They'll watch our back, help us when we fall over, watch our stuff, and look after our children while we're gone. Our very survival depends on our ability to surround ourselves with people who believe what we believe. I'll share an example with you that freaks me out every time I talk about it. What's our...