Show To be trusted By Jacob Jaco Kunz Contributing Writer Travis Huff or The Seminar Guy spoke last month at monthly Business at Breakfast Huff has spent a decade helping Fortune companies develop their leadership abilities Huff spoke about the importance of trusting others of being trustworthy and how to gain the trust of others trust a huge part of our lives You get on the road out there on these side roads and what keeps you from oncoming traffic A yellow line which is amazing if you realize who some of these people are driving Im I'm amazed that I dont don't get wiped off the earth every day said Huff Every interaction we have either pushes this trust into a cycle of trust or a cycle of distrust Theres There's no standing still Youre You're either building a relationship of trust with somebody or youre you're building a relationship of distrust Huff said According to Huff the Harvard Business Review surveyed executives from 30 companies worldwide Half of the people surveyed said they did not trust their executives and 69 percent of those surveyed agreed ItA r y i I 1 with the statement I just dont don't know who to trust anymore Huff talked about the recent boom in books seminars and tapes that teach how to build an instant relationship of trust Do these three things and build the long life-long relationship of trust in thirty seconds and you too will have a million dollars he said imitating TV commercials Were Vere talking about building long life-long relationships of trust Huff added Relationships of trust are not built in an instant they are a lifelong pursuit The greatest way to build trust with others in Huffs Huff's opinion is to be personally trustworthy trustworthy- You bean Ie of trustworthiness you have to see others as allies you have to look and see other people in a situation that they're not always the enemy Huff said not always trying to do something bad to you That doesn't mean that we sacrifice common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense but weve we've got to be smart about it If you are a shining example of trustworthiness you automatically instill a trust in other people he Tru Trusting ting Continued on page 4 r loj b ji- ji Trusting in others Continued from page 1 t i II i said sat d 1 J I Occasionally in irk relationships one partner loses the trust of the other partner Huff said he believes the breaking o of of trust is one of the easiest things to forgive When trust is destroyed or broken how hard is it to get it back It really isone is is' isone isone one of the easiest things to gain because most of ofus ofus ofus us have a natural tendency to trust people We dont don't want to believe that people are bad We want to believe that they are arc good and we give them the benefit of the doubt right off the bat In closing Huff Hut reminded the audience t to listen to and communicate t better with others That is one of the greatest things you'll ever do to build trust with people If you are a great communicator or listener they will trust you They'll come to you with their problems and you will build a lifelong relationship with those individuals But it takes time and it takes effort Business at Breakfast is held monthly at the Miller campus For more information on Business at Breakfast visit |