Building Trust
The other day i got to thinking about having a person or people in your life that you can trust, and i’m talking if your life depended on it, could you count on that person?
I believe it’s important that you have someone like that in your life to be there for you, if need be, for whatever reason, so today i’m going to share with you my ideas of how to build trust and why it is important.
Why is it Important
You know if you really think about it, what would life be without people, there would be no life, we couldn’t survive without each other, so in some form or fashion whether you know it or not we all rely on each other either indirectly or directly.
For that matter you can’t do everything by yourself even though we sometimes think we can in all realty it’s just not true, have you ever been in a situation where all the workload is on you and you burn yourself out, then you get someone to help and it feels completely different, because completing a task at hand with the right person or team will be so much more enjoyable and you’ll accomplish so much more.
You’ve probably never done business with someone you don’t trust have you, why because most of us like to do business with people who have a great reputation and history, if they have a poor reputation we have a tendency to shy away, it’s ideal that you develop somewhat of a relationship or at least try to understand them so you can find out who your dealing with and there intentions, it’s also important to point out that if someone is deemed to have a poor reputation, one it could easily be false, always find out for yourself by personally interacting, never rely on outside noise, or two even if they do maybe they’ve developed themselves and have changed past patterns.
How to build trust
1. Always keep your word. Never make a promise if you don’t think you can keep it, you will receive much more respect if you live the way you talk.
2. Make decisions backed by positive intentions and complete self confidence. If you make decisions with poor self confidence you are less likely to follow through, always do your homework before making a decision.
3. Be authentic. There’s only one of you and you are unique in your own way, don’t be afraid of others not accepting you, the right people will, i would rather be unaccepted authentically then accepted unauthentically, if you live in an unauthentic fashion for to much time it can lead to poor decision making, unhappiness, bad relationships, poor health and lots of other problems.
4. Have a solid foundation of values and principles. Never compromise your standards and bottom line or respect and belief in yourself will be lost.
5. Be a net positive to your community. By this i mean your community should be a better place due to your presence. How can you participate? Can you provide a service? Should you help a neighbor in need? Should you bring awareness to topics? Etc.
6. Admit it when you make a mistake. We all make mistakes sometimes, it’s not the mistakes we make that define us, but it’s by how we own up, learn, and make necessary changes from our mistakes that defines us. Never make the same mistake over and over again, if you do you give the impression that you have poor self awareness and you’ll lose credibility.
7. Communication is important. Explain your point of view so someone else can clearly understand where your coming from, this has the potential to reduce a lot of future conflicts. Be open in listening to other people’s point of view as well, it’s often an opposing view point that gives you better perspective to move a situation forward in the right direction.
8. Have the courage to say no. Develop a backbone to stand up if someone try’s to cross your boundaries, the first time you get crossed it’s very important to stand up and say no, because if you give in the first time they’ll know what you say has no real meaning.
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