Good afternoon, Team! It’s Friday!

Faithfulness is the steadfast loyalty, trustworthiness, and commitment to someone or something, especially in relationships or duties. It involves consistency, reliability, and dedication over time.

On being trustworthy…researcher Robert M Kramer writes,

“Human beings are naturally predisposed to trust-it’s in our genes and our childhood learning-and by and large it’s a survival mechanism that has served our species well. That said, our willingness to trust often gets us into trouble. Moreover, we sometimes have difficulty distinguishing trustworthy people from untrustworthy ones. At a species level, that doesn’t matter very much so long as more people are trustworthy than not. At the individual level, though, it can best be a real problem.”

In duties-let’s say you are in a leadership position where people put their trust in you to do the right thing for the organization you are there to lead, manage or govern. Being faithful to the company means putting your own preferences, interests and desires on the back burner. In my experience this is an area where many fall short of being faithful to the right thing. The order seems to get mixed up. If you are faithful to the company, you might get rewarded for your efforts but that is a risk you gladly take. If you are faithful to yourself and put your own preferences in front of the company, you might get by for a while … but selfishness before faithfulness will catch up to those who think no one is the wiser. It might take time, but it will happen.

Have a blessed weekend!

Eric