I’m not sure why I requested a review copy of the book Trust & Inspire—How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness In Others by Stephen M.R. Covey, but I did.  Like many of you, I don’t have a business or employees.  Not only do I not manage other people, I sometimes don’t seem to manage myself that well either. But I do deeply admire the author’s father—the late Stephen Covey author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, so the name caught my attention.  And when I think about it, the idea of trust has been on my mind as well.  Do I truly trust myself to do what I say I will do?  Do I trust those around me?  Do I trust the products I buy and/or the businesses that sell them?  Do I trust my government?  As Covey points out, if trustworthy people don’t see others as trustworthy (even if they are) then trust is absent.  And is that the kind of world I want to live in?

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