“Trust is built from the inside out, meaning that we need to look in the mirror and start with ourselves,” says Stephen M.R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust. A self-checkup can help you find gaps in your credibility that are keeping others from trusting you.
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Here are some questions to get you started, adapted from lists by Barbara Brooks Kimmel, co-founder of the social enterprise Trust Across America.