‘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”.
