Takeaways:

• In today's world, we trust local businesses more than big institutions, like Congress.
• Around 70% of Americans trust small businesses, a big win for your neighborhood diner!
• It's not that we distrust institutions completely; we trust the people who deliver.
• We crave reliability from everyday folks rather than heroes in shiny capes or suits.
• Trust is shifting from institutions to individuals who show up and do the job right.
• We want honesty and accountability, not grand gestures or empty promises from leaders.

Links referenced in this episode:

• jamesabrown.net

Who we say we trust this is commentary from James A.

Brown.

We're at the point where we trust the mom and pop running the diner down the street more than the people who run our country.

Gallup asked Americans which institutions they trust a great deal or quite a lot, and small businesses came out on top.

About 70% of us do.

That's more than the military, more than science, way more than Congress.

We say we don't trust institutions anymore, but that's not quite true.

Instead, we're putting our faith in the people who show up, who fix things, who keep the place running even when no one is watching.

No, we don't need a hero.

We just want someone who gets the order right and doesn't lie about it.

What do you think and who do you trust and why?

Let me know in the comments and check out more@jamesabrown.net on that note, I'm James A.

Brown and as always, be well.