Self-Trust

As I was mentioning yesterday, Stephen Covey talks about 5 waves of trust with the first being Self Trust. I have thought about this over the past week and realised how right he is to talk about being credible to yourself first. If we cannot depend upon ourselves how can we expect others to put their faith in us.

Think of the times that you may have promised to do something on a consistent basis. Treat yourself to a night away from the children or say you are going to get up and excercise in the early morning. If you follow through with the promise, then you will certainly know that you will do it if you say it BUT if you wake up in the morning and make an excuse for not doing the morning excercise routine, then you have failed yoourself. Similarly, if you do not take the time out for yourself on an evening, then again you have not fulfilled that promise.

Your promises to yourself are as important as the promises to others. Follow through and you will feel better about yourself, make excuses and you'll feel guilty or upset.

Can you sincerely ask yourself a question like “Am I trustworthy?” If so, then the world around you is a better place.