Choosing Who To Trust


Mental Tools: Choosing Who To Trust

Who do you trust? 

How has that worked out for you?

Do people live up to who you make them out to be?

There is one great tool that can serve you in choosing who to trust.

This tool can be the foundation and single driver that can fundamentally change the way you experience people. 

It is possible you have experienced it before.

This tool I speak of is self-awareness.

Because what you are unable to accurately see in yourself, you are unable to see in others.

Think about it.

If you are unable to see your own insecurities, you are unable to see it in others.

If you are unable to see your own shame, you are unable to see it in others.

If you are unable to see your own lies, then you are unable to see it in others.

This list goes on and on and on. 

The people who are in your life are people you attract.

They feel normal and natural to you. 

You use labels to judge who is and who is not a good fit. 

It's ok, everyone does this – myself included. 

To trust people that serve you and your vision, better, you must build self-awareness.

The enemy to this tool is that most people believe they are self-aware.

Most people, as indicated by studies, identify with being self-aware and having a good understanding of themselves.

And then after an assessment, about 80% of people are incorrect.

This rough generalization implies that 80% do not see themselves clearly.

Guess what this means?

It means that 80% of people (most likely you) do not see others clearly.

As a result, people live in their misinterpreted version of reality... sometimes forever.

When I saw how I misinterpreted reality, I fundamentally changed my life. 

It changed the way I listened.

It changed the way I showed up.

It changed who I chose to trust. 

I wonder what it can do for you.


By Matthew Gallizzi. Consultant. Thinking Partner. Strategic Advisor. He believes our language creates our world. He equips business leaders as they live into their future vision.

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