In a high-trust relationship, you can say the wrong thing, and people will still get your meaning. In a low-trust relationship, you can be very measured, even precise, and they’ll still misinterpret y...
And it all boils down to two simple questions: 1) Do I trust myself? and 2) Am I someone others can trust? With regard to having trust in self, it often begins with the little things.
When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.
Trust, but verify. —RONALD REAGAN
The first job of a leader—at work or at home—is to inspire trust. It’s to bring out the best in people by entrusting them with meaningful stewardships, and to create an environment in which high-trust...
Low trust causes friction, whether it is caused by unethical
Low trust causes friction, whether it is caused by unethical behavior or by ethical but incompetent behavior (because even good intentions can never take the place of bad judgment). Low trust is the g...
Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.
The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted. —MAHATMA GANDHI
For every thousand people hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the roots.
Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another there’s going to be trouble.
There is one thing that is common to every individual, relationship, team, family, organization, nation, economy, and civilization throughout the world—one thing which, if removed, will destroy the mo...
Recently, as I was teaching this concept, a CFO—who deals with numbers all the time—came up to me and said, This is fascinating! I’ve always seen trust as a nice thing to have, but I never, ever, thou...