Tag: Relationships

How To Get Other People To Trust You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Trust is everything. You can’t force other people to trust you. You can’t force your friends to trust you. You can’t force your spouse to trust you. You can’t force your coworkers to trust you. You can’t force your boss, your manager, to trust you.

You don’t demand trust from other people. You work for your trust. You earn it. Trust is what you get when you are true to yourself.

If you want people to trust you, don’t fight for your trust. Do not convince them to trust you. Be yourself.

Be yourself. Live your life. Do not lie to anyone. Do not even lie to yourself, even when no one is watching you.

Trust will come. People will trust you when you are a good person, you live with dignity, when you are true to yourself, when you love what you are doing, when you surround yourself with other trustworthy people.

And the best way to get people to trust you is to first trust yourself. If you do not trust yourself, no one is going to trust you.

You trust yourself when you do what you say you are going to do. People like that.

You trust yourself when you are not scared to tell people what they need to hear from you.

You trust yourself when your words and your actions are the same. They are not different.

You trust yourself when you do not take on things that you cannot do. You trust yourself when you know what you can do.

You trust yourself when you surround yourself with other trustworthy people. And you trust yourself when you live your life with integrity in every area of your life.

That is how you earn trust. Again, do not force people to trust you. Because trust is about your behavior.

It is about how you live your life. So if you want people to trust you, you must be true to yourself.

The question is, ‘Are you true to yourself?’

Are You A Good Example?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Are you one?

Being a good example is showing people what is possible. It means leading the way. It means going the way before you invite other people to join you.

It is about how you live your life. Being a good example is not about your success. It is about your failures.

You are a good example when people are willing to follow you, when you take care of people, when you don’t talk about yourself,when you don’t disrespect other people.

Being a good example is hard. It is very hard to do. That is why some of us don’t do it. But if you can do it, you will never regret it.

The question is, are you a good example? Are people willing to work with you? Are people comfortable when they are with you? Are people telling you things that they can’t tell other people? Do you love people? Are in it for you? Or are you in it for others? How do you treat people? Do you really care about people?

If you are, then you are a good example. Keep it going. Never stop being you. Because that is what being a good example truly means.

You are a good example when you do what you say you are going to do. You are a good example when you live your life with integrity, when you treat other people with love.

You are a good example when you love people, when you forgive other people, even when they don’t deserve it.

You are a good example when you show other people the way, when you work really hard to bring out the best in other people.

The best way to be a good example to others is to first be one to yourself. According to Rowland Hill, ‘We can do more good by being good than in any other way.’

The question is, ‘Are you doing more good?’