Trust
a : assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something b : one in which confidence is placed
Trust to me is the single most important aspect in both my professional and personal life. I am one of those people who tend to trust people until they give me a reason to not to. I do put a whole lot of effort in making people happy.
People in general want to be trusted. Some people take advantage and use that trust for negative purposes and to those people I say shame on you. In a society where we look for instant gratification, Trust/Loyalty can not be instantly gained. It is something that must be earned.
When we look at some of the most important generations of our time. We look at the 1950's-1970's where people used hard work and perseverance to create an amazing time. A time of:
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Trust
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Loyalty
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Diligence
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Incredible Work Ethic
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Help Thy Neighbor
People who were brought up in those times did not learn how to trust they earned peoples trust. It was not about entitlement or self fulfilling prophecies. It was a time of help, politeness, and most importantly loyalty. Why do people like shows like The Sopranos. They love them because people want to believe that they are like them when it is quite the opposite. I always say that the sign of an intelligent person is one who can see both sides of the argument. Who can self-reflect on their own positives and negatives of one's life. I feel like many people unfortunately in our society still believe that trust can be instant. We are in an age where everything is instant. We see everything in real time. Technology is at the forefront of every ones minds and patience although a virtue is no longer possible.
Most people look at our society and look what we can gain from each and every person you meet. I do not I look to see if I can trust you. If I trust you and you are in my google + cirlces sort of speak you will be there for a very long time. I am a trusting person one who likes to see the good in everyone even though many people dissappoint me. This outlook on trust and loyalty affords me the opportunity to portray my trust on to others which in return brings me many repeat customers. People who will go to bat for me. People who will constantly be my advocates as they know that I will go above and beyond for those people. If they trust me enough to give me their family and friends I better make sure I never abuse that trust. It keeps me grounded and gives me that edge I need to always think about their needs first. That is trust to me.
This post reminds me of a joke I heard the other day. (Hope you are a football fan)
Tom Brady dies and he goes up to Heavens Gates and meets God. God is so happy to see Tom and they converse about football and after the conversation God says:
"I do not usually do this, but as a token of my appreciation for living such a good life both on and off the field, I am giving you a house here in Heaven"
Tom is so excited and is amazed of God's appreciation. So he runs over to the house. It is a very modest house. a little 3 bedroom 2 bath home with a torn very old Patriot's flag hanging by the driveway and a small Honda Civic in the driveway. Tom says wow God, thank you so much.
Tom decides to get acclimated to his surroundings. He starts taking a walk around the neighborhood and sees this huge mansion with 12 bedrooms and 10 baths with a orange and blue Cadillac Escalade and a big huge pole with a beautiful bright Denver Broncos flag waving in the wind.
Tom starts to get upset and storms back to God and says God "I do not understand I won 3 superbowls. I have been an MVP, an amazing contributor off the field as well" Why would you give Tim Tebow that house and not me?
God looks at him with a kind of humorous look and says"Tom that is not Tim Tebow's house. That is my house"
I guess the moral of the story is you can always do more to be a good person. One with character and one with trust and remember you cannot buy someone's trust you have to earn it.
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David Serle
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