“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.” — Marva Collins
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"The single best way to keep your talent is to keep your word." -Art Gensler
The truth is a gift. Accept it. Cherish it. Re-gift it.
“Delivering consistently is the key to trustworthiness.” – Matt Luzon
Yesterday, I posted some thoughts about trust and then saw this TEDx video in which two talented artists, Jack and Jill Maxwell, combine talents to show us how two faces, four hands, and four feet lead to amazing results when the collaboration is built on mutual trust and respect. Their trust is revealed in their artwork and the dance of expression. It is a great illustration of this revelation of trust in action.
I recently re-read Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Teambusiness fable and was reminded of the foundational importance of trust among a team. His definition is fairly precise and limited to a belief in the intention of the person (not in their ability or capacity), yet it got me thinking about trust in a more general sense.
We often talk about building trust. But I wonder if that is the right metaphor at all. Do we really “build” trust with people? Or is it more that we reveal the trustworthiness of others in our interactions and in their promises made and kept?
Some people can never build (or re-build) our trust and others can’t seem to shake our feelings of goodwill, no matter what they do. This led me to another thought.
Is trust not about the other person, and their trustworthiness, at all, but in our own willingness to be trusting? So, perhaps we don’t build trust at all, but rather we reveal the trust within ourselves.