‘Trust is a treasured item
in relationship. Once it is tarnished,
it is hard to
restore it, to its original flow’. -
William Arthur Ward
Trust
is the single most important factor in building personal and professional
relationships. Warren Bennie calls trust “ the emotional glue that binds
followers and leaders together”. Trust implies accountability, predictability
and reliability. Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency. More than anything else, followers want
to believe in and trust their leaders. People first must
believe in you before they will follow your leadership. One of the ways to become a person whom leaders trust is to tell them the truth. Good leaders want the
truth-even if it hurts. Developing trust is like constructing a building. It
takes time, and it must be done one piece at a time. When two people trust each
other completely, the relationship can grow to
a level of friendship that is as
rewarding as anything in life.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than
to be loved. People whom we trust tend
to become trustworthy. A man’s trust in
God diminishes in direct proportion to
the growth of his power over people. D.L.Moody says “Trust in yourself
and your are doomed to disappointment;
trust in your friends and they will die and leave you; trust in money and you
may have it taken from you; trust in reputation and some slanderous tongue may
blast it; but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time and eternity.
A
little girl and her father were crossing a flimsy, weak bridge. The father was
kind and concerned, said to his little daughter,” Sweetheart, please hold
on to my hands so that you don’t fall in
to the river”. The girl replied, “No,
Daddy, you hold my hand! “What is the difference”? asked the puzzled father.
“There is a big difference, Daddy, “replied the little girl. “If I hold your
hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go.
But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will
never let my hand go”.
Sr (Dr) Lilly Thokkanattu SJL
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