Trust

For John, BLUF:  Trust is very important for the functioning of a civil society.  One can conduct business when there is trust.  When there isn't, not so much.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The 10 most important things I’ve learned about trust over my 100 years

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George P. Shultz is a former U.S. secretary of labor, treasury and state, and was director of the Office of Management and Budget.  He is a distinguished fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

From The Washington Post, by former Cabinet Secretary George P. Shultz, 11 December 2020.

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Dec. 13 marks my turning 100 years young.  I’ve learned much over that time, but looking back, I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over:  Trust is the coin of the realm.  When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened.  When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.  Everything else is details.

There are countless examples of how that lesson was brought home to me across the past century, but here are 10 of the most important.

Ten lessons of as much value now as then, and a history over the last century.  The nation has moved forward when trust was built.

We should strive to be a high trust society.

Regards  —  Cliff