Do You Trust What You See?

Seeing starts on the inside.

If you are not sure whether your “philosophy of life” or “inner work” is important contemplate this......

The Netflix series “Undercover Billionaire” dropped a seasoned businessman in a town with some petty cash, no contacts and no reputation.

Using an alias name, he has the challenge to create a business valued over $1m in just 90 days.

How does it do it? (spoiler alert)....

Partnerships.

Through a combination of relationship building, vision casting and trust building he is able to win partnerships with local business owners to launch and sell marketing services from their branch office.

After closing several 6-figure deals the new business is valued at over $1m in 3 months from nothing.

Get the right people in the right room, see problems, envision solutions, build trust, create coherence - these seem simple enough.

What we often underestimate is the huge amount of confidence, sense of self, and skill development required to create value from nothing.

Yet this is what creative people, entrepreneurs and scientists do all the time - they approach a chaotic state, a blank slate, random variables and apply hypotheses rapidly, build connections, spot opportunities and build steadily.

Maybe creating wealth, a happy relationship, reputation or happiness is less about luck, virtue or merit and more about building an internal architecture of “seeing” the world accurately.

We can think being cynical is wise, lest others get the other hand.

We can think being generous and trusting the gods is how we win favour.

In fact, what we need is a blueprint installed into our minds, a philosophy, a framework of thinking and seeing, that has a base layer of confidence the world is ordered, of dignity that our consciousness is equal to the challenge, and creative courage to see we can turn straw (random ingredients) in to gold.

This is why I believe the bible is such a radical text, not because it’s full of laws on life but because its full of stories that continually affirm that humans when centered in their fundamental value and identity in God are up to the challenge of creating beauty from ashes.

Like branches connected to a vine, they bear fruit tirelessly.

Check your roots 🍇🌿