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10 Build a Circle of Trust > The Circle of Reputation - Pg. 149

BUILD A CIRCLE OF TRUST 149 your contemporaries will continue to develop and demonstrate over the years ahead. A generation from now, as you watch your children graduate, you will want to be able to say that whatever success you achieved was the result of honest and productive work, and that you dealt with people the way you would want them to deal with you. Civilization, our civilization, rests on that premise. I cannot speak for others whose psyches I may not be able to com- prehend, but, in my working life, I have found no greater satisfac- tion than achieving success through honest dealings and strict adherence to the view that for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. Human relations--be they personal or profes- sional--should not be zero sum gains. 1 Trust in Yourself and Others Even in the toughest of work environments, at the core of a strong reputa- tion is the confidence to believe in yourself, in your judgment of others,