Written by: HCCHost 4/21/2008
If you boil relationships down to the most important element, it’s always going to be trust…not leadership, not value, not partnership, or anything else. If you don't have trust, your relationship is in trouble. If people lie to you, steal from you, or physically harm you, then you know you can't trust them. That's obvious. But there are other ways that a person can break trust. There are things people can do to make a relationship unworthy of trust. Developing trust is like constructing a building. It takes time, and it must be done one piece at a time. As in construction, it's much quicker and easier to tear something down than it is to build it. But if the foundation is strong, there is a good chance it will stand up even in the toughest of times.
If you boil relationships down to the most important element, it’s always going to be trust…not leadership, not value, not partnership, or anything else. If you don't have trust, your relationship is in trouble.
If people lie to you, steal from you, or physically harm you, then you know you can't trust them. That's obvious. But there are other ways that a person can break trust. There are things people can do to make a relationship unworthy of trust.
Developing trust is like constructing a building. It takes time, and it must be done one piece at a time. As in construction, it's much quicker and easier to tear something down than it is to build it. But if the foundation is strong, there is a good chance it will stand up even in the toughest of times.