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Why is Trust Important in Relationships and Your Ag Legacy?

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TRUST is a: “Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” Or stated another way, “Trust is a positive psychological state comprising the intention to accept vulnerability based upon positive expectations of the intentions or behavior of another.”

The level of trust one is willing to invest in a relationship relates to our perceptions and assumptions of how another person will act.

We accept a level of vulnerability when we choose to trust another.

Seven barriers to trust include: desire to control, dishonesty, self-centeredness, lack of openness, failure to communicate, lack of empathy, and lack of positive feelings.

Trust requires: integrity, loyalty respect reliability and consistency.

Building trust requires that we: Take time to read the other person’s signals. Are they sending signals of mistrust? Also be aware of the signals you are sending.

AG LEGACY Materials can help…
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