Trustworthiness

Trust. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, or assurance of a thing or person. Why is trustworthiness a professionalism skill? How can we relate it in our business and also daily interaction with people? Why would it matter?

What makes being trustworthy a “professionalism” skill? Well, it makes it a professional trait because with it comes good repercussions. If you’re honest with a client or customer and you know yourself that the client can trust you then you’ve done what you are supposed to do. Trusting in yourself to know that you’re going to do what is right for the client is the ultimate goal.

Does it make a difference whether or not I’m a trustworthy person? Why would it matter in the first place? This is where the sense for right and wrong come in. Would you be okay with yourself after you did something wrong even if nobody saw? Here is an illustration.. You are working your job by yourself cleaning movie theaters. You find a wallet with $100 in it and nobody sees that you picked up the wallet. Do think it would be right to take the money that’s in the wallet? Or do you simply return it to where who ever lost it would be able to get their money and wallet back? Trust in yourself to do the right thing and that’s when you will become an honest trustworthy person.

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