Cooperation, collaboration, and mutual understanding are all built on trust. Without it, interactions are plagued with uncertainty and suspicion. In both personal and professional relationships, trust is required to progress and grow.
Why it’s scary…
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
– Ernest Hemingway
We all have friends and family we trust completely. But we also have people in our lives that we trust differently. Right? Like… I have friends that I know without a doubt I can trust with secrets. I have others that I can trust to have my back — but I can’t trust them to do what they said they would do when they said they would do it.
And me? I’ll keep your secrets but…
I can’t be trusted not to share photos that I think are funny no matter who you are. (Sorry!) 🙂
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive, your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, your results, your track record. And both are vital.
— The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey
Now you know: The U.S. Merchant Marines had the highest casualty rate of any U.S. service branch in WWII. Even so, survivors were denied veterans benefits until 1988.