{"id":1971,"date":"2014-09-24T06:51:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T10:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2014-09-24T06:51:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T10:51:42","slug":"trust-the-rabbis-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Trust & The Rabbi’s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement<\/em>.<\/strong> Golda Meir, Former Israeli Prime Minister<\/p>\n

Tonight at sundown marks the start\u00a0of the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement.) The days\u00a0in\u00a0between are a period of reflection and repentance.<\/p>\n

Occasionally I receive a note or a call from a religious leader acknowledging the importance of trust in our everyday lives. \u00a0But a Rabbi’s recent message struck a chord. This rabbi presides over a large congregation of business leaders. He said he regularly visits our website<\/a>\u00a0and had read our first book<\/a>. It had inspired him to write\u00a0a sermon about the subject of trust for the High Holidays. He joked about his audience being a captive one. “They have to listen.” The Rabbi acknowledged\u00a0that “In most relationships, trust is taken for granted. It’s never\u00a0discussed. But when\u00a0the same occurs in business, the implications of low trust are much broader.”<\/p>\n

A holiday is\u00a0around the corner for most of us- Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. These are times for family gatherings. They are an opportunity to discuss trust and its role in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n