Trust

Rohan Rajiv talking about the upsides and downsides of defaulting to trust or distrust in a relationship.

The benefit of defaulting to trust is that trust begets trust. People have a wonderful way of repaying the trust you place in them. 

The downside, of course, is that once in a while, you’ll find somebody who will misuse that trust. And hurt you. Some in small ways, some in much larger ways.

Defaulting to distrust means you place a very high bar before you trust somebody. That obviously insulates you from those failures in trust.

But it also means you get to enjoy very little of the upside. Because trust is the foundation of great relationships.