Welcome to the daily chizuk (encouragement). The Chovot HaLevavot (Duties of the Heart) brings another important benefit of being a Baal Bitachon (person of trust). Rabbi Ephraim Waxman explained it with a mashal (parable). Imagine someone telling you, “I could arrange for you to be the best friend of the richest, most powerful man in the world.” We would all jump at the opportunity. The only reason we crave this is because deep down we think we could gain something from the relationship, whether it be honor or financial gain. But the Chovot HaLevavot says that if a person understands that he can't gain a thing from a person unless it was decreed by Hashem, he will stop being a slave to people. This concept is really the first of the 13 principles of faith: that Hashem controls all created beings.
The Chovot HaLevavot writes in another chapter that there are 10 basic requirements for a person to perform his minimal service to Hashem. One of them is to know that if someone does you a favor, you have to realize that it came directly from Hashem. Of course, you have to have Hakarat HaTov and express gratitude. But know that if he didn't use his free will to give it to you, Hashem would have given it to you through someone else. Sometimes we put so much energy into being well connected and knowing the right people. It's all nothing. The only one you have to be connected to is Hashem.
The way we look at the world as Teva (nature) has enslaved us and made us beholden to people, honor, an image, and compliments. The key to transcending all of this is Bitachon (trust). It sounds so simple. People can help or harm you. They are just messengers. But it's so hard to apply. A person could know this line backwards and forwards, yet it could be so far from him. The reason for this is that Bitachon is not an intellectual attainment. It has to be in your emotions. The words of the Chovot HaLevavot are, “K'sheyargish ha'adam shelo yo'ilenu velo yazikenu.” When a man feels in his heart that man has no say in his life, then he will stop hoping in man. You have to feel it in your bones.
Sometimes we try so hard to impress the buyer or the boss. And you're allowed to try hard. But you have to know that he has no say in your income. If he says no, Hashem will give it to you elsewhere. With these feelings, life becomes so much simpler. Instead of working for a hundred people, you only have to work for one. Have a great day.