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13 People[Organizations] Who Chose to Circulate Trust

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In this world who experienced a lot of distrust, with people who in one way or another been a victim of betrayal, of fraud, of scam, of misbehavior, trust has become scarce, and it seems that it has become a "hard currency", it's rare to find. Even some of the people you call "friends" don't trust you that much, even your family members, your mom, your dad, your daughter, your son, your siblings. It seems that trust has joined "honesty" on being labeled by the song "such a lonely word". Trust, has been the currency that every people wants to keep and don't want to spend. And the world has suffered the problems caused by the non-ciculation of "trust" currency.  For some people, they'd give you some trust but would ask you to pay for more. For some people they just choose to keep trust to themselves, and live their long-boring-lives with distrust. For some people, they trust blindly, thinking they have already been t...

The Glasses of Distrust

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Far more than blind trust , we tend to put on glasses of distrust. We view the world through the lens of suspicion - and with what we feel is good reason. We're bombarded daily with headlines that repeat evidence of today's trust crisis from every possible angle. In addition, our own experience validates it. Stephen: I remember a time years ago when I was traveling with my parents. We visited a less developed country that was known to be corrupt. We hired a driver we thought we could trust to take us several places, and we left a number of watches and other gifts we had purchased in our bags locked in the trunk of his car while we ded some sightseeing. When we returned, we checked inside our bags to make sure the boxes were all there. They were. But when we got back to the U.S. and opened the boxes, we discovered they were all empty! Greg: Several years ago my wife, and I invested a significant amount of money in salvage wood from old buildings. We never drilled down ...

In the Midst of the Crisis: A Renaissance of Trust

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In Stephen M.R. Covey's book, SMART TRUST he described there the situations and events that made this world seemingly run out of trust. Trust currency has almost reach extinction when all the crisis met, from scandals of corruption, lying, betrayal, warfare, rebellion, etc. These made humanity doubt almost every person he deals with. But this part of his book he called "Renaissance of Trust" of the 'outliers' who chose to trust rather than doubt. He wrote: The good news, and the Great Paradox about which we're writing in this book, is the fact that in such a low-trust world, there are "outliers" - people, leaders, companies, industries, and even countries that, like Muhammad Yunus, are helping to create a literal renaissance of trust - and that they are enjoying and spreading the benefits of prosperity, energy, and joy throughout the world. We call this a renaissance because it's not some new fad or technique; it is a game-changing rebi...