Description
CHAPTER 1
What Exactly Was Broken?
Trust is not one thing. You may trust someone to love you but not handle money, keep a secret, tell the truth, arrive on time, remain faithful, or protect your interests. Name the specific kind of trust that was damaged.
REAL-LIFE SITUATION
The wrong category
A friend is wonderful emotionally but repeatedly fails to repay borrowed money.
WHAT TO DO
Name the exact area where trust is weak instead of declaring the entire person trustworthy or untrustworthy.
WORDS YOU CAN USE
“*] care about our friendship, but I am not comfortable lending money again.'”
PRACTICAL STEPS
- Use specific facts.
- Ask only decision-relevant questions.
- Restore access gradually.
- Do not force emotional certainty.
COMMON MISTAKE
Demanding instant total trust or total distrust.
ONE QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF
What evidence would make me reasonably safer trusting again ?




