What is trust?

<p>Trust – it’s a word we throw around all the time. Trust is earned, lost, broken, given. There are all manners of engaging with trust.</p> <p> </p> <p>But what IS it really?</p> <p> </p> <p>I certainly wasn’t sure so of course I had to ask a Quick Hits panel to weigh in.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tim Hawkes from Unlimited Potential started us off by saying that it had to do with consistency. That you can even trust your enemy to do certain things.</p> <p> </p> <p>I countered by noting that in the vernacular we say, “I don’t trust them” to mean “I know they will do something bad for me.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Jim Tam from Korn Ferry talked about intentionality and being trustworthy because trust is worth something.</p> <p> </p> <p>There was a bit of conversation about trusting the sun to come up but I said that I feel like trust has to have a of possibility of being broken to exist.</p> <p> </p> <p>I edited out A LOT of silence and pauses in this conversation because we needed time to ponder and think about the ideas and questions we brought to the table.</p> <p> </p> <p>Overall, this is exactly what Quick Hits are meant to be. People coming together with our life experience and sharing our thoughts about something that doesn’t have a “right” answer. Thanks for the awesome conversation guys!</p> <p> </p> <p>What do you think? What is trust to you?</p> <p> </p> <p>Connect with the panelists:</p> <p>Jim Tam: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimtam/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimtam/</a></p> <p>Tim Hawkes: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhawkes/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/timhawkes/</a></p> <p>Dr Robyn Odegaard: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: <a href='https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/'>https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notif