Do you consider yourself trustworthy? What does it mean to be trustworthy? When you think of a person who is trustworthy or honest, who comes to mind? How about Abraham Lincoln? He walked several miles to return a little money when person gave him back too much change. Thus the nickname “Honest Abe”.
How important is it to you to be trustworthy? How important is it to you that your friends and people you do things with be trustworthy?
You must understand that trust is necessary if you want to have meaningful personal relationships. Trust is necessary for good relationships at work and in organizations. Building trust with people is like building a tower. You do it one block at a time and with each person you deal with. Each time you do something to show that you are trustworthy, you add another block and your tower becomes taller and taller and stronger. You build these towers of trust with everyone you come in contact with. If you do something that isn’t trustworthy you remove one block and your tower is weakened. It takes a long time to repair damage to your reputation and people often remember the bad more than the good.
Trustworthiness is made up of four parts: Honesty, Integrity, Promise-keeping and Loyalty. The word trust means a firm belief in the honesty, truthfulness, justice or power of a person or thing. It means to have “faith” in someone or something.
A trustworthy person is one you can depend on. They always tell you the truth. Something that is true is “not made up”. It is real.
When a person testifies in court why do they say, “Do you swear to tell the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH? Yes, it is used three times. It is important!
Trustworthiness is a very important part of. Having good character. We all want “the other guy” to be that way with us. Look to your left and right. We are all “the other guy”!
Trustworthiness means being strong and having the courage to do what is right. It means standing up for your beliefs openly and boldly. It means to be able to resist the temptation to do what you know is wrong even when doing so will get you something you want or keep you out of trouble.
