[[Relating]] tags:: #note/statement | #on/team | #on/trust | #on/leadership *Easily lost and difficult to earn, trust is the currency of a strong relationship.* It's kind of like a [[Mental Model]] or a mental shortcut we make to help us with [[Deciding]]. Trust is the willingness to [[modeling vulnerability]] to the other party on the presumption that they will act in a way that is beneficial and safe to me. - In the social sciences, the subtleties of trust are a subject of ongoing research. In [sociology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology "Sociology") and [psychology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology "Psychology"), the degree to which one party trusts another is a measure of belief in the honesty, fairness, or benevolence of another party. It matters because success results in feelings of security and optimism, while failure leads towards an orientation of insecurity and mistrust. When the inevitable failure occurs, if there is trust, it is interpreted as accidental or related to competence instead of lack of honesty and benevolence. In all cases, trust is a [heuristic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic "Heuristic") decision rule, allowing the human to deal with complexities that would require unrealistic effort in rational reasoning. ### What would the opposite argument be? ## Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_(social_science) [[🐓 Idea Farm/Deadfall/For myself only/Readwise/Books/Teams That Work]]: Tannenbaum, S. I., & Salas, E. (2020). _Teams that work: The seven drivers of team effectiveness_. Oxford University Press.