{"id":2645,"date":"2015-04-05T08:08:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T12:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2015-04-05T08:08:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T12:08:43","slug":"john-wooden-on-building-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2645","title":{"rendered":"John Wooden on Building Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Wooden was perhaps the greatest coach of all time, both on and off the court. He treated his players like family, instilling life lessons about character, leadership and teamwork.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article pulls\u00a0together twenty of\u00a0his most inspiring quotes. Regardless of your role in life- a parent, teacher, business or religious leader, John Wooden has a message for you about character, competency and consistency, the key ingredients for building trust.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cBe more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cThe true test of a man\u2019s character is what he does when no one is watching.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cTell the truth. That way you don’t have to remember a story.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cBe prepared and be honest.”<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cFailure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cTalent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cIf you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cIt’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.\u201d<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cA coach\u2019s primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people.\u201d<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cYou can do more good by being good than any other way.\u201d<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cSincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.\u201d<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cNever make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.\u201d<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cDid I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort? That\u2019s what matters. The rest of it just gets in the way.\u201d<\/li>\n
  14. \u201cThings work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.\u201d<\/li>\n
  15. \u201cSeek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.\u201d<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cIt is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.\u201d<\/li>\n
  17. \u201cDiscipline yourself and others won’t need to.\u201d<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cListen if you want to be heard\u201d<\/li>\n
  19. \u201cThe key ingredient to stardom is the team.\u201d<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cMake each day a masterpiece.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust, and runs the world’s\u00a0largest membership program<\/a>\u00a0for those interested in the subject. She\u00a0is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span>TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span>TRUST! Magazine<\/a>. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Our 2015 Poster,\u00a052 Weeks of Activities to Increase Organizational Trust<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0to those who would like to support our work by making a small donation.<\/p>\n

    Copyright 2015, Next Decade, Inc.<\/p>\n