Our crisis of confidence and what to do about it
Our economy is struggling for a lot of reasons, but one reason that seems to get almost no practical discussion is the lack of trust. Everyone knows it exists but very few believe it is their problem because, after all, each of us knows we are trustworthy. Right? Lawyers, corporate executives, politicians and journalists know their poll numbers are in the tank collectively, but individually they all believe that they are, somehow, different than everyone else. What’s more, individually, they are appalled when they find out that, no, few people trust them. “That’s their problem, Not mine!” I understand that position and, personally, I believe most people are trustworthy and act ethically most of the time. Yeah, I’m naive, but if find that to be true more often than not. What I also find, however, is that very few people invest any effort into presenting themselves as trustworthy and put no thought into how they present themselves. They merely assume peo...