A Matter of Trust
by Miki Saxon
My buddy Phil Gerbyshak over at The Management Expert wrote about trust and offered up some great quotes; one by Billy Wilder reminded me of something a manager told me years ago and it’s as true today as it was then.
Billy Wilder said, “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.”
The manager said, “I don’t mind shoveling my own, but I hate having to shovel somebody else’s.”
Over the last two years we have seen an enormous amount of it hit the fan and we find ourselves shoveling more and more messes not of our own making.
Americans have short memories, even for something as major as the so-called Great Recession, so I have a quote to offer up that may benefit you in the future.
“Just because you trust your teammates/financial manager/whoever doesn’t mean you should take your eye off the ball.”
Image credit: NIOSH on flickr
