Trustworthiness & Integrity - do you value it enough?

Integrity and Trustworthiness

This week we are doing a major presentation. I have been working very hard on getting the message to be exactly right so have spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to say, what the image and impression is I want to convey.
Over the past years, I have thought often about what it is that makes E.Factor unique, what it is that we offer that will really help entrepreneurs around the world in their business – and I have come to the conclusion that it is Trust and Integrity. Trust is something that is often misunderstood, cared for casually and taken for granted – instead of being viewed as the precious gem it really is.

In business, trust and integrity are invaluable. If you want to do well, you need trusted relationships that you can fall back on in good times but also to help you through the bad times. You will not survive as an entrepreneur without those people that you can trust and they in terun trust you inherently.
Often however, you find that you will help others achieve their goal, only to have them go behind your back or forget their promises when it comes to the crunch. I have found, ever since I started my own company, that people tread on Trust like it is a doormat. It says Welcome when you commence, but they wipe their feet on it whenever they feel like it and leave you to clear up the mess. I have to admit that it is hard to continue to trust people and to keep my own faith that it can be reciprocal when time and time again you get shown that it means so little to others. The biggest corruptor of trust is money. All seems great when you make a deal, on a handshake, with someone. But then, when the money comes in – they suddenly find reasons to not pay you the agreed share. Usually the excuse is that your input “was so easy, only a single call” when without that call the whole deal would not have happened. What everyone seems to forget is that the ability for me to make that call has been cultivated on over many years, that the relationship that took the call took effort, investment and TRUST between two people which is not something that can ever be called “easy”. Integrity is the biggest highest value you have to strive for in all your business dealings.

My message is simple – learn to value trust and integrity. They should be the core foundations of everything you do in life. Not just as an entrepreneur but as a human being.
 
Marion Freijsen

2 Comments

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• Milton Wershow | Jul 30, 2009 05:10 PM

  You surely make valid points. I also do agree. I wonder though just how many do respect the integrity of others with services? I am video-flight-production.com and I what I have done addressing just what you are stating and in good faith, Ihave invested my time to build web site videos for those who need an economical means for web site promotions.
  
  I go to their site and pull the logos, and written content and build a video presenting their web site. Using their words in the site giving an example how the voice over appears.
  I have invested the time to do this for I want to stand out as service that has integrity and that you can trust.
  
  I also have been able to offer the web site videos quite reasonable.
  The web site video is broadcast quality and even be used for tv commercials if desired.
  So how does one reach others who want integrity and trust?
  
  visit http://www.video-flight-production.com/website_videos_1.htm and see what I mean.
  
  I would love to hear your feedback.

• Milton Wershow | Jul 30, 2009 05:18 PM

  I believe in integrity and principals I live by. I fear that many though do not want trust worthy services and those with integrity for they rather deal with those who share the absence of such character for they themselves live with the absence.
  
  I have a website where I build economical but very professional web site videos. I wanting to stand out as one with integrity and quality service have invested the time to show others what I can provide for them with video promotional tools.
  
  I have taken out the major budgets costs so to reduce the cost for those with web sites to get involved with explosion of PR Videos.
  
  If you want to learn what I mean then cut and paste this hyperlink. Hope that I will hear back from you.
  
  http://www.video-flight-production.com/website_videos_1.htm

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