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Richard

When I was 8 years old, I loved baseball & played in a league. One day, after I’d struck out for about the 34th straight time, I just wanted to die right there on the spot.

In abject misery, I remember saying to myself, “All I want in life is to be really, really, really good at something!”

It took me about 40 years to find the thing, but I did. And along the way, I realized that what I love - just absolutely friggin’ LOVE - about life is that you can get better at something every day.

That is a glorious, glorious thing.

You can improve your knowledge. You can improve your skills. You can just work at it - whatever it is - and get better with more experience. And what could ever be more self-satisfying than getting better?

A few months ago, my wife & I picked up the book The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey. That is the son of the Stephen Covey who wrote 7 Habits of Highly Effective People about 20 years ago.

Cheryl

Beautiful, isn’t she?

As we read the book to each other, Cheryl & I really started to understand that trust is the bottom line for every relationship. For the first time in my life, I understood that your best personal plan, no matter what your objective, is to intentionally do the things that create trust with others.

The more I read of Covey’s thoughts on trust & techniques on how to improve trust, the more I knew this would be my area of focus for the rest of my life. Every day, I can improve my own ability to create trust and to be trustworthy, and every day, I can help others do the same … which will ultimately change their lives.

Nothing you can ever do will ever reward you more than getting really good at creating trust … and learning what actions you must stop, in order not to create distrust.

Trust - or lack of it - is absolutely the root of every relationship. I write every post for myself - and for anyone else who wants to get better at creating trusting relationships in their life.

I’d love to hear your feedback about what you like … and what you’d change.

I appreciate you!

Richard Dennis