What does trust have to do with opportunity? Trust is the gateway to exploration. When you know that you can rely on others to provide safety and support, it is easy to create and use opportunities to good advantage. In the absence of trust, we often create shelters that box us in rather than keep a window open for new possibilities. Consequently, we narrow our chances to try new behaviors, meet new challenges or exercise our creativity.
Trust is based upon our belief and confidence in others to rely upon their integrity, ability and strength to come through for us. We invest them with a shared responsibility for our welfare. When people consistently do what they say they are going to do, when there is compassion and closeness, the space to safely reveal one’s vulnerabilities and there is reciprocal courtesy and attention paid to one another, trust thrives. In the absence of any of these behaviors, trust will diminish and disappear. Read the rest of this entry
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