The human-animal needs two things to survive:

• Find sources of safety; and

• Avoid threats.

The human-animal is simple.  

All we need to do, to survive, is to find safety and avoid threats.  

How come we're not doing this?

Safety

You are safe when you're:

• Free to create.

• Able to express your point of view without fear of harm.

• Have the back of another in your tribe.

• Know that the others in your tribe have your back.

• Gladly allow yourself to follow.

• Others place themselves in your charge to lead.

• You have a "home."

• You have shelter from the physical, psychological, and spiritual elements.

• You love.

• Others love you.

• You are accepted as you are.

• You can be different, and different is okay.

• You bring all of your skills to bear and accomplish a task.

• You see the impact of your accomplishments.

• You made a change that mattered.

• You are you.

Threats

Threats are:

• Muzzled creativity.

• Forced compliance.

• People talk about you behind your back. They're not direct.

• No trust for anyone.

• Tyrannical bosses.

• Employees that don't believe in you.

• Rooms with walls. They're not home.

• You don't have shelter from physical, psychological, or emotional terrors.

• You don't love yourself or others.

• You feel others don't love you.

• No one accepts you.

• You can't be different. You are forced to be like everyone else.

• You are not leveraging your skills to accomplish a task.

• You don't see the impacts of your work.

• Your work doesn't matter.

• You are not you.

Our brains don't see the difference between a lion trying to kill you (physical threat) and a feeling of distrust for those around you. It considers both instances as threats. When it perceives these threats, it puts brain chemistry into action to support your survival - most notably, cortisol.  

You can find tons of articles relating to cortisol and its purpose on the Internet. Lots of people write and know about this hormone. What I want you to leave with is:

• Being human is simple.

• It's not complicated.

• We make it complicated.

• If you're in a threatening situation (see above) - get out. Quit.

Do what makes you come alive.   
Find others who think and speak like you.  
Those people are looking for someone like you.  
Lead them.  

They are safe.