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Trust Doesn’t Require Transparency

You don’t have to share your whole story to build a business people trust.

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Sam Burgess
Jun 16, 2025
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Sharing can feel like a strategy.

Until it starts feeling like exposure.

Especially when the algorithm rewards vulnerability.

Especially when trauma gets clicks.

Especially when “authenticity” becomes a performance.

But here’s the catch: your pain isn’t a marketing strategy.
And your presence online doesn’t have to come at the cost of your peace.

A few years a…

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