The Currency of Trust

There is a new currency in town.  TRUST!

We deal in it every day.  We build our reserve of trust with every word, every action, and every encounter. 

Are we deemed trustworthy?  Do people think of us as a safe person or company?

We trust banks and financial gurus, or not.

We trust our spouse in our relationship, or not.

We trust our spiritual leaders, or not.

Name any entity, any organization or retail establishment and that institution depends greatly on the currency of trust.  They need trust from employees, customers, clients, attendees – they need trust from anyone who chooses to enter into any kind of relationship with them. 

Wouldn’t it be grand if you could buy a whole bucket load of trust at Costco?

Rather, we earn it the old fashioned way – one word, one encounter, one transaction at a time.  People must judge us as trustworthy before they will give us their business, their attention or anything else we seek from them.

Remember this:

Trust is …

  Consistency of actions

    Dependability

      Honesty

Trust is …

  Reliability

    Responsibility

      Follow-through

Trust is …

  Truthfulness

    Integrity

      Respect

Become known as The Trusted One!

P Michael Biggs

Offering Hope

Encouragement Inspiration

One Word at a Time

A Positive Word about Failure

A Positive Word about Failure

January 6, 2013

This is important so listen up. 

Failure does not make you a failure. 

Failure, even glaring and global blunders do not make us a failure. 

After a failure – remember this:

Pick yourself up

Dust yourself off

And start all over again

-Remember, Babe Ruth was the strike-out king AND the homerun king.

-Lincoln lost numerous bids for political offices before become our 16^th President.

-The Post-it note was a mistake that sold millions.

-The ice cream cone was created after a waffle vendor ran out of paper plates.

Failure does not make you a failure!

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P Michael Biggs

Offering Hope

Encouragement Inspiration

One Word at a Time

Inspire Me

Ralph Waldo Emerson said: 

“Our chief want is someone who will

inspire us to be what we know we could be.”

At times, we simply need a nudge, a gentle suggestion, a word of encouragement to jump-start us in a direction we have always wanted to go. 

This is a two-way street.  First, we seek those outside motivators for our own lives, and then we have the privilege of becoming that source, that spark for someone else.  What a kick.

Some people simply need to be told

“You can do it.”

Simple to say.  More difficult to believe. 

That’s why others sometimes need your eyes (insight) and your words of esteem and encouragement. 

Thinking about something is well and good, but the courage to put actions to thoughts is sometimes scary.  We feel vulnerable.  We fear failure.  We fear being made to look the fool.  We fear being shamed.

That is when you and I come in through the door. 

We jump-start. 

   We spark. 

      We ignite. 

         We push. 

            We encourage. 

We believe in them and paint pictures

of what they might become.

Paint some pictures.

Inspire someone today!

P Michael Biggs

Offering Hope

Encouragement Inspiration

One Word at a Time

Our Deepest Hunger

The deepest hunger of the human soul is to be understood.  Don’t we love it when people “get” us and our ideas?  That is a soul satisfying experience. 

We want to be understood. 

Negotiators know that.

Criminologists know that.

Ministers know it, along with sales clerks, and purchasers of our goods and services. 

Wives know it, and husbands had better understand it.

We want to be understood. 

So how come there is so much misunderstanding in this world?

Perhaps we need to get back to some fundamental listening skills. 

-Focus on what is being said, not on your response.

-Put away iPhones, iPods, iPads, and all other iGadgets and give focused attention on the one deserving of your attention. 

-Look and listen.  Use eye contact and give clues that indicate that you hear and understand. 

-And if it is appropriate, do a rephrase of what you heard and what you understand. 

To understand and be understood – that is very good indeed.  It is one of those critical life-skills.

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P Michael Biggs

Offering Hope

Encouragement Inspiration

One Word at a Time

Possibilities

Experts say that every snowflake is individualistic and unique.

Our voice print is unique to each of us.

Our eye print is unique to each of us.

Our finger prints are unique to each of us.

Love this thought:

“Nature never repeats herself,

and the possibilities of one

human soul will never

be found in another.”

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Bottom line – you are unique.  You are YOU.  Be the best “You” that has ever been.  Discover your possibilities and present them to the world.

Have an idea?

So what if it’s been done before.  That didn’t stop Ford, or Chevrolet, or Benz, or any of the other auto makers in the world?

Have a book idea?  Look how many books get published every year?  That didn’t stop JK Rowling, Seth Godin, James Patterson and thousands of other successful writers.

Only you are in control of your possibilities.  Make them happen.  You will never be repeated, and your contributions will be missed when you are gone.

The Beginning!

P Michael Biggs

Offering Hope

Encouragement Inspiration

One Word at a Time

The Magic of Action

32 Seconds

Until we make some physical or mental move toward our goals and dreams nothing much happens.  That is why goal setting and action plans are talked about so much by success-minded gurus. 

So, what do you think you can do?

What do you believe you can do?

Julia Cameron, author of The Right to Write says this to all of us:

“Whatever you think you can do

or believe you can do,

begin it – for action has magic,

grace and power in it.”

Action precedes success 100% of the time.

P Michael Biggs

Offering Hope

Encouragement Inspiration

One Word at a Time

Top Five Blogs All about People (Revised)

Welcome to the revised top five blogs list for It's All About People.  

1.  Integrity

2.  In the Arena

3.  Genshai

4.  Empathy

5.  Can You See

Enjoy the read.


P Michael Biggs
Up-Words.net
Offering Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word at a Time