Trust: smart, blind, distrust or none

Who and how do you trust?

It is one of our core feelings.

However it seems like learning to recognise and work with all our feelings (ie becoming emotionally intelligent) we need to use our heart and our head to arrive at what authors Stephen M.R Covey (son of the late Stephen Covey) and Greg Link define as 'smart trust'.

Without trust there would be nothing done or safe in our day to day world...so we all have to trust to some degree.

Covey and Link offer an excellent matrix to describe the 4 types of trust based on our levels of propensity to trust & analyse:

• Quadrant 1: Blind trust: all heart & no head = gullibility
• Quadrant 2: Smart trust: head & heart in equal parts = judgement
• Quadrant 3: No trust: no head & no heart = indecision
• Quadrant 4: Distrust: all head & no heart = suspicion

So far in the 3 chapters I have learned heaps & it staggers me that this vital emotion is only really being written about now..or is it that I have just woken up to the importance of trust finally in my life & all the relationships I form.

What do you think?

Rossco

Getting better and wiser not older.

PS I did a consultation with a person who shares my vision. Healthy at 100..inspiring to hear someone else expects to be living that way as well..there is absolutely no reason why that is not possible. [check out the Blue Zones research].

Trust: the new currency or is it?

Who do you really trust?

Yourself, your company, your bank..........seems to me that 'trust' is fast becoming the new 'currency' for people who want to have genuine relationships, be it with themselves, their family, their institutions.

Sadly, trust is being eroded as well. I heard a story today of a lady 'blindsided' by her sudden redundancy & the impact that has had on her.

I am disillusioned by the revelations of the HSBC Bank in the UK and its potential dodgy dealings with Iranian oil sales on the back of the behaviours by greedy Wall St executives. And so it goes on across the world

Just how valuable is your reputation? How much do people trust you? How well do you trust yourself to act with integrity?

If you want to get an idea of the incredible value of trust Stephen R. Covey (Jnr) has just released a great new book called Smart Trust...I am just starting it & the first few chapters really resonate with me so far.

In a reflective mood.

Rossco

Getting better not older.

Collaboration: powerful outcomes

What happens when 2 people help each other?

From my recent experience great outcomes are achieved and stronger bonds of trust and friendships develop.

I am health coaching and supporting a great new client and he is already looking & feeling better after 3 short weeks which is fantastic....

and guess what?

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In return he is helping me to get into the digital world by designing me a new webpage with all sorts of features, setting me up to 'be in the clouds' & have a mobile business.

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