PREFACEThe Why Behind the Book

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

~Peter Drucker

I believe the seeds for this book began decades ago. Perhaps when I was 11 and my then-BFF broke my heart; or maybe later when a teacher’s promise turned false in a 9th-grade awards ceremony; or maybe when a boss I admired asked me to lie for her; or when a failed marriage challenged my self-trust; or when money was confiscated by our builder; or...you get the point.

My broken-trust experiences are no different from yours. We all have them. We all know the pain, disappointment, and anger of giving our trust, only to have it betrayed. We all know how foolish we feel, how vulnerable and gullible, and “taken.” And we all know we don’t ever want to feel ...

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