Why do I trust you? You told me the harsh truth when an easy lie would have fooled me. You kept that difficult promise you could have broken

It's the things we do, when we don't have to do them, that ultimately count the most, that define Who We Are, that Make Other People Love Us.

Eric Hoffer wrote that if you want to judge the intelligence of an American worker that you do it not by listening to her or his words, but by working with her or him. I concur. He wrote it better.

At work, there are guys who call me Sir, that I don't want anywhere near me when I'm doing something "Mission Critical." Other guys, that I've seen "in action" who may not even know my name, are the ones I choose to help me.

Why?

Because in moments when they didn't have to do anything, they moved in to help; because they flat out told me I was doing something the Wrong Way, and then suggested a better way.

I may not always recognize the "better way" the moment someone insults me by TELLING ME I AM WRONG!!!

But I usually calm down. Within a minute or two. Or a day or two.

Or a week.

@hg47