THE COURAGE TO TRUST
The fourth type of courage differs from speaking and acting in that it does not require any sort of assertiveness. It relates to your clients’ capacity to receive and allow. Those are capacities that facilitate openness and the courage to trust. Although it’s possible the risks involved can in principle be physical, trusting others additionally includes emotional risks that are greater than just being misinterpreted or misunderstood. Your client could easily wind up feeling disappointed, betrayed, taken advantage of, or any number of things.
Trust is the ability we need when we are called upon to deal with the potential risks of uncertainty. When dealing with known quantities upon which we can rely, developing trust ...
Get A Coach's Guide to Emotional Intelligence: Strategies for Developing Successful Leaders now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
