Trust is transformative. It is not a matter of trusting or being trusted so much as a matter of changing each other and the relationship through trust.
Trust, similar to love, is an emotional skill. It requires judgment, vigilant attention, conscientious action and all of the intricate reciprocities of a human relationship. We make decisions to trust. We make promises and tacit commitments. We see them through. We come to have expectations of others, and we respond to the
fulfillment or frustration of those expectations.
Trust isn't something we “have”, or a medium or an atmosphere within which we operate. Trust is something we do, something we make.
Trust is a key component of the Formula for Success.
Trust forms the foundation or the dynamic precondition for any free enterprise system. The individual entrepreneur, like the giant corporation, depends on trust, including self-trust, to function in the business world. High trust societies, according to Francis Fukuyama, are outstanding in their potential for forming wide-reaching and successful cooperative partnerships. Low trust societies, by contrast, often tend to be economic disaster areas and can certainly be terrible places to live.
Talking about trust is essential to building trust. Even when talking about trust is uncomfortable, it is only by talking about trust, and trusting, that trust can be created, maintained and restored. Thinking and talking about trust will not only influence our beliefs but also change our behavior in the world and with one another.
--Source: 'Building Trust In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life'
by Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores
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