Tag: trust

Doyou know how you love? When I work with people in therapy, this question is often the foundation for our work — especially if they’ve been hurt. When you’ve been through a breakup, it’s natural to want to unpack what led to it, and the psychology of the person you&rsq...

“After that first night, I knew she was the one,” my client said. “It just felt right. had no doubts we’d end up together — marriage, kids, all of it.” He was sitting on my therapy couch with his head in his hands. The woman he had so confidently called &ldq...

A new CBS News-YouGov survey found that former President Trump has expanded his national lead in the GOP presidential primary to 46 points. That is one of Trump’s largest margins to date. Another finding surprised many — that more Trump voters trust him than their ...

For many years, I struggled with my writing. I was always comparing myself to others and thinking I had nothing new to say. I was locked down and locked out of my own creativity and my own natural writer’s voice. What was holding me back? That pesky 4 letter word — FEAR. Fear...

I hope this message finds you well. YOU ARE RIGHT WHERE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE! Lately it feels like all you’ve done is sacrifice. Whether you’re burning bridges there or tanking ships over there — Your trajectory hasn’t changed. The Universe has been hard at work in rem...

As we noted in last month’s post, trust is a critical component in any professional relationship. Employees need to be able to trust their leaders, while also feeling like their leaders trust them. Maintaining this kind of two-way trust is difficult, but by no means impossible. In ou...

We all have worked with excellent and mediocre leaders. Sometimes, it is easy to pinpoint what makes them great to our eyes, and at other times, it could be more apparent. There is often nothing concrete to observe or support our feelings. The collection over time of actions and behaviors will slowl...

Trust is a powerful currency. For leaders, it helps cement relationships, form group bonds, and smooth operations. According to a study in Harvard Business Review, people in high trust companies report: 74% less stress, 106% more energy at work, 50% higher productivity...

We all fear the unknown and the unpredictability of those around us. In a world filled with uncertainty, fears, and challenges, we all seek individuals we can trust, connect with, and provide the psychological safety all humans crave. But most of us assess trustworthiness subjectively, based upon ou...

Building trust as a manager is crucial for creating a positive and productive work environment. Trust is the foundation of most successful organizations, and is essential for employee engagement, productivity, satisfaction, and retention. Trust is also the foundation of most effective leaders and ca...

What’s the most important factor that impacts an employee’s motivation at work? The level of trust they feel towards their manager. High levels of trust make them feel valued, energizes them to work harder, and make them persist through difficulties and setbacks. Knowing that the...

Oh, 1993 Super Mario Bros. Movie. What would we be without you? When this disaster of a movie arrived in 1993, it bombed horrifically, to the point that Nintendo wasn’t sure where to move forward with future adaptations until, what, three decades later? That said, it’s becom...

When looking at your cloud estate through an operational, security or delivery lens, IaC is the foundation you build on. Manual changes are operationally risky, it is borderline impossible to apply preventive guardrails to them, and it’s an amazing way to create snowflake environments that hav...

SIPTU General Secretary, Joe Cunningham said: “The Moore Street battlefield site, is the most important memorial we have to the foundation of the Irish State, yet it is currently at risk, like so many other parts of our capital, from vulture funds and developers.” “The history o...

For nearly a decade, I’ve harnessed womxn’s collective giving to challenge the status quo and drive systemic change in Chicago. With a dedicated community of givers and colleagues, we strove to transform philanthropy to champion equity and amplify voices of the oppressed. Partnering with...

We are all given gifts that were meant to be tapped into. Their purpose is to be used to help , protect and guide us through this lifetime . Many of us are unaware or ignore these gifts causing us to fall into cycles of deception, misdirections and mishaps in life . There are many thi...

The American voting system has traditionally been first-past-the-post (i.e., the first candidate that meets a certain threshold wins). This system has disincentivized political alternatives. Votes for less-popular candidates tend to be viewed as wasted (see the “spoiler effect”), and so ...

What does our society actually want to accomplish in regards to firearms and human life? We live in a society that values reducing the premature loss of human life — partly why we spend a giant chunk of our GDP on health care. On the other hand, we live together under a written social contract...

I remember my first crush in elementary school was on a white boy. There was something so alluring and charming about him and white boys in general. The idea of dating any other race didn’t even cross my mind. Middle and high school would see me having crushes on just white boys. By the time I...

“The New York Times” or “Shanghai Daily”? The well-known “Trolley-Problem”, is used by Albert Costa as an experimental basis in his paper “Your Morals Depend on Language” (cited down below). The dilemma was presented in a foreign language. Costa exa...