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How Trustworthy Are You Really?

By Kathy Gottberg
Filed under: Aware, Meaningful, SMART Book Reviews

I’m not sure why I requested a review copy of the book Trust & Inspire—How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness In Others by Stephen M.R. Covey, but I did.  Like many of you, I don’t have a business or employees.  Not only do I not manage other people, I sometimes don’t seem to manage myself that well either. But I do deeply admire the author’s father—the late Stephen Covey author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, so the name caught my attention.  And when I think about it, the idea of trust has been on my mind as well.  Do I truly trust myself to do what I say I will do?  Do I trust those around me?  Do I trust the products I buy and/or the businesses that sell them?  Do I trust my government?  As Covey points out, if trustworthy people don’t see others as trustworthy (even if they are) then trust is absent.  And is that the kind of world I want to live in?

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Kathy Gottberg is an author with seven published books and hundreds of articles covering dozens of topics in the last 35 years. Along with her books, her passion today is SMART Living 365 where she explores ideas and experiences that help to create a meaningful, sustainable, compassionate and rewarding life for herself and others. Beyond that, she lives with Thom, her best friend and soul mate in Tucson, AZ.

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