{"id":2754,"date":"2015-06-13T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2015-06-13T09:16:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:16:45","slug":"deepak-chopra-on-building-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"Deepak Chopra on Building Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What\u00a0can we learn about trust from the great leaders, teachers, writers and philosophers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we turn our attention to the words of Deepak Chopra, an Indian medical doctor and\u00a0author of more than 80 books, including 22 NY Times Bestsellers. Chopra is an influential global scholar and thinker.\u00a0<\/span>This article pulls\u00a0together twenty of his most inspiring quotes. Regardless of your role in life- a parent, teacher, business, religious or military leader, the following contain many messages\u00a0about character, competence and consistency, the key ingredients for building trust.<\/p>\n

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  1. “There is a big difference between being centered and being self-centered.”<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cWhen you make a choice, you change the future.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cYou will be transformed by what you read.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cAsk for nothing less than inspiration.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cGood luck is opportunity meeting preparedness.\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cInstead of asking “what\u2019s the problem?” ask “what’s the creative opportunity?\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cOwning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted to expanded awareness.\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cGive up being right. Instead radiate peace, harmony, love, and laughter from your heart.\u201d<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cThe most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.\u201d<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cIf you focus on success, you\u2019ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.\u201d<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cThe more boundless your vision, the more real you are.\u201d<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cThe direction of life is from duality to unity.\u201d<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cEvery great change is preceded by chaos.\u201d<\/li>\n
  14. \u201cThe world ‘out there’ won’t change until the world ‘in here’ does.\u201d<\/li>\n
  15. \u201cNever forget your real identity. You are a luminous conscious stardust being forged in the crucible of cosmic fire.\u201d<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cReplace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking. Every time you’re making a choice, ask yourself if it’s going to cultivate the experience of unity and love or the experience of separation and stress.\u201d<\/li>\n
  17. \u201cFreedom comes when you see the built-in contradiction of trying to manipulate something that is going right to begin with…. Stop trying to steer the river.\u201d<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cAttachment to money will always create insecurity no matter how much money you have in the bank.\u201d<\/li>\n
  19. \u201cNothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.\u201d<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cAnd stop talking in that puffed-up way they taught you. Words aren’t brains, you know.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My favorites are #1, #7, #8 and #20. How about yours?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Want to read more from this series?<\/p>\n

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