Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

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TRUST IS THE GLUE
Relationships are central to a happy, healthy, satisfying life. All rela-
tionships are based on 
trust
. Trust is the glue that holds relation-
ships together. You can have all kinds of problems and
disagreements with another person, but as long as the trust and re-
spect are still there, the relationship can endure. But, if anything
ever happens to the trust, the relationship can fall apart quickly, like
a house of cards collapsing.
All business relationships are based on trust. All relationships
that involve money are dependent on the word of the borrower or
the creditor. All relationships with your bankers, your suppliers,
your customers, your staff, and everyone else in your financial world
are based on that critical element of trust.
Men and women of high integrity are fastidious about the levels
of trust that they have built and maintained. They are careful about
their credit, and about their financial commitments and arrange-
ments. They always keep their word. They are careful about their
banking relationships, their credit cards, their bills, and any money
that they owe at any time.