The Gate Is Open – Don’t let the Trust Out (by Kirk Weisler)
Today I wan to talk about TRUST.
Without boring you to tears with the details… someone took advantage of my son yesterday and took over one of his FaceBook fan pages. He has gathered a staggering 766,000 likes on it and was just starting to get some advertising offers. Sadly, we apparently need Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible Team to get help from FaceBook. Literally there seems to be no way to penetrate Facebooks “we don’t talk to our users firewall”. HELP REQUEST!! So if any of you know anyone that can help my Jake get his page back… I would love your help. Thank you.
Now for the today’s thought… (the picture above was sent in yesterday by Marci..-thanks) It was just what I needed after a few frustrating hours trying to get my sons page back. More than that though was the absolute disappointment of being lied to repeatedly and conned by a person who seemingly did it just for the enjoyment of doing it. I felt like someone had broken into our home and taken something valuable… TRUST.
TRUST — I am blessed in the vast majority of my relationships to enjoy high levels of trust. My wife tells me I am “too trusting”…and perhaps she is right. (She usually is). But for my part I like trusting people, I like leading with trust and I like living in trust. I am always embarrassed when I do things that
diminish trust. Things like …forgetting to follow through, return a phone call or e-mail, or even show up late to a meeting. These might seem like little things…but in the world and context of trust…. the little things can be the biggest things of all.
Stephen Covey was once asked how trust might be restored after it was lost or diminished. His reply was simple and profound. He said it takes time, and consistency…but the best way he knew to restore and build trust was to “Make a promise and keep it.” It doesn’t matter if the promise was big or small…only that it was kept. Then after it was kept… a make another one and keep it…. repeat, repeat, repeat.
One of my heroes (a great teacher in my life) said this.. “It is better to be trusted than to be loved”.
I didn’t get it at first…because I was young and thought that being loved and loving others was better was more important than anything. But the more I thought about it.. the more sense it made. Love is important… no question about it. But you can love someone and not trust them… in fact this is very common. So would you rather be loved and not trusted…or trusted and not loved?
I conclude that for my part … I would rather be trusted.
Trust is a must!! Make it a great day… and live it like the gate was left open and you are free to build relationships…of trust!
Kirk Out
Encouragement
Human beings grow best with encouragement and love. Today, let every word your speak (to yourself or to others) be filled with kindness. ~ Cheryl Richardson
How to Wait Less
Posted: 01 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT
‘How much of human life is lost in waiting?’ ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Post written by Leo Babauta.
So much of our lives are spent waiting.
We wait in lines, we wait for the perfect person, we can’t wait for our dreams to come true, we look forward to the day when we have a better body and a better life, we look for ways to make our goals become reality someday soon.
We wait. That good life is coming, and we’ll be there soon.
What if we stopped waiting, stopped trying to make dreams and goals come true, stopped wishing and anticipating? What if that good life is already here, and the only way to live it is to stop looking forward and notice what we already have?
If you are waiting for good things to happen — or are actively trying to make something good come true — take a pause. Look at where you are right now, in life and physically in this moment. Where are you? Is it already great? If so, why are you looking towards the future, when you’re already there?
And if we don’t think where we are is already great, perhaps we’re not paying close enough attention.
Three Things to Do Today
How do you stop waiting for good things to come? Three things you can do right now, today:
- Slow down. Rushing means you miss what’s right here.
- Pay attention. Look at what’s around you right now. Look at yourself, and how great you are. If it doesn’t seem great, look closer.
- Applaud.
‘We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.’ ~Voltaire
Train blog 10/3/12
Train Blog- I get on the train and this girl is smiling at me so im thinking she is just a happy person like myself and wanted to smile at everyone she sees. Uh yeaaaa no! She asked me if I wanted to go to a Chippendale party. (crickets chirping in my head) Where in the Halitosis did that question come from?!?! Did she see my Stripper Pole licenses displayed somewhere? Uh, no thank you. So nice of you to select me out of a crowd of people on the train.
Train blog 10/2/12
Train Blog – ok for all those that know me, know that I am specially touched. Hehehe So as I am approaching the train to get on, my Mr. Brown mentality kicks in. I see a guy with tats on his knuckles, white shirt, black Dickies, boots, oh they’re crocs and a green canvas bag that folds into the size of a folded newspaper. What do I think? He’s a shooter and getting on my train. Oh lawd!! Plz dont get on the last train, plz!!! He gets on the last train. Oh the hooaarr! And to make it worst, he sits across from me. (I’m fainting and sliding out my seat) I wanted to take a picture but I want to live, momma I want to live! Lol lol lol whew! He is off the train and my pressure has gone down. Hehehe I’m sure it was just a bag for his art class but my mind goes wild. Lol lol lol
Smile!!
Smile. Why?
Because it makes you attractive.
It relieves stress & It changes your mood
and the mood of those around you.
So SMILE!!
Comfort Zone
