Societies cannot function without trust, so what is the best way of engendering trust ?
1) Saying "Trust me" a lot.
2) Being truthful and honest in your words and actions.
I take the statement with 'a grain of salt' or 'a pinch of salt': meaning to accept it but to maintain a degree of skepticism about its truth.
I believe in the saying: 'trust but verify'.. Past history may come into play too..
There is no reward for trusting, as trust itself is a reward.
Generally i would trust them less as its such a throw away comment that i feel is so over used it has lost meaning
neither more nor less
but my attention is
more tuned in to their actions
Trust me means little either way. The actions are what I trust. They can ask me to trust them till they are blue in the face. I want to have a reason. No that is not accurate; I need to have a reason why I shouldn't. Then, if there are few to little reasons why I should not trust them, I will make my decision based on performance.
less
It puts me on guard. We shouldn't have to say that. Trust is earned and proves itself out with actions.
less and especially when they say it
No, but I do believe he think he does.
