Studies have proved that there is a chemical that your brain creates when you become powerful… as in famous or wealthy.
“… given that power is one of the most potent brain-changing drugs known to humankind, unconstrained power has enormously distorting effects on behaviour, emotions and thinking.”
Basically, it can make you act like an asshole. Think Lance. I’ve actually run into people who have this chemical in their brain, they are not super famous or obscenely wealthy, but it is relative. Their jerky behavior; unethical, inappropriate and at times illegal has had me stumped. Is this what happens? Do I want to be a part of that culture?
So I’ve figured out a way to stay grounded and honest while my level of success expands fabulously. When my sterling and gold jewelry designs are strutting down runways and skipping along The Seine, I will continue to be an audacious, yet remarkably reverent woman. How?… it’s more like who.
One lovely friend.
She has agreed to hold me accountable. She will gently take me aside and say, “Amy, don’t be a jerk. I love you.”
