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How well you build trust with your prospective clients will determine whether they become and remain your clients. In order to build that trust, you must first be trustworthy and able to trust yourself.

I read yesterday that Kobe Bryant asked to be traded from the Lakers (that?s pro basketball for you non-sports fans). Faulting the team management, the star player indicated that nothing could make him change his mind. It occurred to me immediately that he had lost all of his trust in the Lakers? head office, a fact he confirmed later in the article. Hours later, Bryant recanted and said he wanted to stay with Los Angeles throughout his career, apparently because Coach Phil Jackson got to him and regained his trust. The fact is Wholesale Samaje Perine Jersey , both Jackson and the Lakers? business people are going to be in a bad spot if they lose one of the best players in the game Do you ever lose business or jobs to your competition more than you?d like? There?s an old marketing maxim that people buy from people they know, trust, and like. And it?s true. Those three elements make up the basis for any business relationship. All three are important, but for my money, it?s the trust part that?s indispensable. Look at eBay: when you go to buy something, don?t you always check the feedback rating for the seller? I do Wholesale Fabian Moreau Jersey , and if it?s below about 98.5% positive, I?ll go to the next seller with the same item. If it?s a unique item, I email the seller to find out if I can trust them. Likewise, buyers have ratings based on how quickly they pay, if they pay, etc. The whole system is based on trust Wholesale Ryan Anderson Jersey , and without it, eBay would be dead in the water. ?So what,? you say? You already know it?s a good thing to be trustworthy, and you probably already are most of the time. Well, here are a couple of things to keep in mind, particularly when dealing with your prospective clients and customers: 1. Acting trustworthy and being trustworthy are two different things. The former involves you focusing on making sure others know they can trust you. The latter demands that you live with integrity Wholesale Preston Smith Jersey , and as a result people automatically trust you. When you act trustworthy, what those around you see is a person who?s trying to act trustworthy rather than just trusting you without thinking about it. It?s sort of like good acting: when a performance is pretty good, you say, ?that?s a good actor.? But when a performance is great, you forget the actor and lose yourself in the story. 2. Being trustworthy and being perceived as trustworthy are two different things. You may know in your heart that in your relationships?business and o