| Here is how to quickly and permanently gain the trust | | | | down. Do not play the blame game. Do not react like |
| of clients, coworkers, partners, and family members. | | | | 48% of surveyed workers who believed |
| First, understand trust requires a combination of your | | | | management did not care, so why should they. Take |
| character and your competence. Character is your | | | | responsibility, demonstrate your integrity, and display |
| integrity, your motives, your intent. Competence is | | | | your talents, skills, knowledge, and style. Let others |
| your capabilities, your skills, your results, and your | | | | know you are capable. Capable people are credible |
| track record. Both are vital in any personal or | | | | and inspire trust. |
| business relationship. | | | | Are you capable? Write a one or two sentence |
| Think about it - people trust people who make things | | | | summary about you and your unique skills. Your |
| happen and who deliver on their commitments. | | | | statement should align your natural gifts, your |
| Whether growing a family or growing a business, it all | | | | passions, your skills, knowledge, and style, with how |
| starts with you! Do you inspire trust? Integrity is | | | | you use them to make your world a better place. If |
| being honest with yourself, keeping commitments to | | | | you are unsure of your unique skills, take time to |
| yourself and others, and acting congruent inside and | | | | identify them, and become expert in them. Do not |
| out, saying the same things behind someone's back | | | | rely on what has been successful for you in the past. |
| as you would say in front of them. Statistics validate | | | | Consider how you will respond to the needs and |
| that today's society breaks this rule 98% of the | | | | challenges of today's global economy, which demands |
| time. Find the courage to stop saying negative things | | | | you continue to learn and grow to stay competitive |
| about your wife, your children, your boss, and your | | | | or become obsolete and irrelevant. |
| co-workers! If your intent is to help, make your | | | | Then deliver results and make your results known. It |
| comment directly to that person. | | | | is not just the results that count, but people's |
| Studies prove that you judge yourself based on your | | | | awareness of the results. It is not bragging, simply |
| intent, but you judge others based on their behavior. | | | | stating the facts. Do not simply perform activities. |
| Similar, others judge you based on your behavior. | | | | Expect to win, and finish strong. Not at all costs, but |
| You may have unknowingly created distrust because | | | | honorably. Not at the expense of others, but in |
| of the conclusions someone drew from what you | | | | conjunction with others. Today's trust demands you |
| said or did. Keep your motives and your behavior | | | | deliver mutual benefits. |
| straightforward and transparent. Declaring your intent | | | | Now, rate yourself 1 to 10: integrity, intent, |
| can be powerful, particularly if your behavior is being | | | | capabilities, and results both personally and |
| misinterpreted or misconstrued by others. | | | | professionally. Be brutally honest. You are the only |
| What if you make your motives transparent but you | | | | one who will know your scores. |
| work or live in a toxic environment? Do not trade | | | | |