Success or failure in life depends on your Trustworthiness.  Dr. Stephen Covey said, “Ninety percent of all leadership failures are character failures.”

Just as trust is the key to all relationships, so also is trust the glue of organizations.  Because network marketing is a people or relationship business, trust is vitally important to your success.  Dwight Eisenhower said, “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.  Without it, no real success is possible.”  Theodore Roosevelt said, “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of a nation alike.” 

A survey was conducted with over 54,000 people.  They were asked to identify the essential qualities of a leader.  Integrity/trust was by far the number one response, followed by:  communicator, people-focused, visionary, caring, decision-making, dedicated, motivator and courage. 

Every now and then, I believe we all need to take stock of our lives and ask ourselves some questions. 

• Do people REALLY trust me?
• Do I always keep my word/promises?
• Am I always loyal and faithful to my team?
• Can people depend on me? 

I have seen people who lack integrity and trust succeed, however their success is always short-termed.  Long term success only comes to those who people can trust.  Be careful of the promises and commitments you make.  Your motives and commitments might be pure; however they can also make or break you.  Nothing destroys the trust factor more than making and breaking a promise.  Conversely, nothing builds and strengthens trust more than keeping a promise you make.  The legendary basketball coach, Rick Pitino, put it this way, “Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.” 

Thought for the Day:

“One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department.  Life is one indivisible whole.”–Mahatma Gandhi