Trust is one of the most important things in the world that all of us need before we can ever start any relationship or build any team. However, most people fail in this area. Allow me to ask you a few questions to see how trustworthy you are:

1.    For the past month, have you ever promised to do things and not fulfil it?

2.    Do you come late for meetings/appointments (yes, even 1 minute late is still considered late!)

3.    Does your family member or spouse doubt your words?

4.    Are there times when you have behaved inconsistently in your life?

If you have answered “YES” to any of the above statements, you really need to work on your trust level. I know that it has very high standards, but hey, people do judge you by what you say or do. Sometimes they will also judge you by what you DO NOT say or DON’T DO.

To ever build trust in the team or with people you love, it boils down to just this word.

Before any teams can actually reach their peak potential, they must first be consistent in how they approach each other and do things. This means that if I were to tell you that we will meet at 3pm, let’s start the meeting at 3pm. If we ever start late and it happens quite a few times, you will start to doubt my words. A few more times, you will start to doubt the entire team in just doing one small thing. When you cannot even have faith in the small things, how can we ever talk about the bigger things?

Therefore, to build Trust in the team, we have to be always mindful of making small agreements and keeping to them. Be faithful in the little things, before we can do the bigger things. I strongly feel that we need to work on our characters and ALWAYS say what we mean and mean what we say! This creates consistency and people know that they can always trust us to be consistent with what we say or do (or don’t do as well).

This is very important especially when we have made promises, eg. rewarding the team when they achieve their targets, letting people go home early because we said they can when they have worked hard or even sending a quotation to a client on time, just because you said so!

So… in conclusion, can I trust you?

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I found this beautiful poetry and hope that it will inspire you and warm your hearts!

 Be Awesome,

Kenneth Kwan

I read of a man,
Who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on his tombstone.
From the beginning… to the end.

He noted that the first came the date of his birth,
And spoke of the following date with tears.
But he said that what mattered most of all,
Was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
That he spent alive on earth
And now only those who loved him
Know what that little line is worth

For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars…the house… the cash

What matters is how we live and love,
And how we spend our dash

So think about this long and hard,
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what’s true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel

And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives…
Live we’ve never loved before

If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile…
Remembering that this special dash,
Might only last a little while

So, when your eulogy is being read…
With your life’s actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say…

About how you spent your dash?

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How Does A person Change Him or Herself? That is one important question that I received from Facebook and I hope to share with you my insights on Change. Do read on the message exchange below… (I have edited the message slightly to explain more)

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Hi Kenneth,
We met years ago in Adelaide OCF… Just want to let you know that I’m really inspired by your writings. I just have a question – how do you change yourself, because there’s a saying that a leopard cannot change its spots.

Thanks a bunch!

Jon

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Kenneth Kwan
June 8 at 1:29pm

Hi Jon,

I can still remember you after so long.

One of the ways to change yourself is first understand what is the problem or thing you want to change. Next, you want to be emotional about it, if you don’t feel the need to change, then its pointless. However, if it continues to make you feel disturbed, frustrated, then you will have to make a decision; to change or go back the same place where you started.

For example, if you want to lose weight, You must understand why you want to do it, not just in your mind but in your heart as well! There are many people who want to change, but they do not want to pay the price of change! One way to effect change is to get emotional…. I do not mean crying over it, but having something stir your heart.

Back to the example of weight lost, you may feel that you had enough of walking around with people calling you names, feeling frustrated at they way they look at you, sick and tired of doctor telling you that anytime you might suffer from a huge stroke or diabetes. When you are emotional, you WILL WANT to do something about it. You may shout, “Enough is enough…. I’ve had it with all the things that are happening in my life!”

Here’s my secret formula (no big secret now after sharing to thousand over readers):
Emotions + Compelling Desire + Consistent Action = Change

This is not the only way to change, but a way to stir your heart. I hope that it will stir your heart and create a compelling desire that leads to consistent action. All this will result in Change!

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