A reliable enemy is preferred to an unreliable friend
I happened to stumble upon a very well articulated read today. Although most of it is a common knowledge, but reading it brings more clarity.
Trust is both emotional and logical. Emotionally, you expose your vulnerablities to others, expecting that they will not take advantage of them. Logically, you access the probability of someone behaving in a predictable manner, based on the facts and opinions you have collected.
Dimensions of trust include,
Predictability: Trust means being able to predict what other people will do and what situations will occur. If we can surround ourselves with people we trust, then we can create a safe present and an even better future.
Value Exchange: Trust means making an exchange with someone when you do not have full knowledge about them, their intent and the things they are offering to you.
Delayed Reciprocity: Trust means giving something now with an expectation that it will be repaid, possibly in some unspecified way at some unspecified time in the future.
Exposed Vulnerabilities: Trust means enabling other people to take advantage of your vulnerabilities – but expecting that they will not do this.
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