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I have not read the book but would be interested in the context. I find Nothing is as fast as the speed of MIStrust!.....trust builds over time and I have never equated it with speed. Branding being a product or Brand You, depends on building trust over time. Now Mistrust can be instant and can spread like wild fire! It is a great quote but in what context?

Posted by Anna Farmery at June 6, 2006 10:19 AM

Anna: Alas, good point.

Posted by tom peters at June 6, 2006 12:22 PM

Hi Tom,

Is Covey Jr.'s book as good as his Father's?

I just re-read 7 Habits and First Things First (which I do ever couple of years), and I am always amazed by how timeless they are and how well they hold up (of course, maybe if I did a better job applying the lessons the first couple of times through . . . ah, but to be oh so human).

Does everybody hit you up for a quote? Can I have your copy when you are done with it?

Anthony

Posted by S. Anthony iannarino at June 6, 2006 9:23 PM

"Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust." Interesting. I can't wait to read it!

Posted by Troy Worman at June 7, 2006 6:09 AM

There is a (philosophical) context for "nothing is as fast as the speed of trust."

As I see it, there are 2 kinds of activities in the world: create something, or idle. Those who create something are the ones with a purpose. Those who idle have to follow the law: "there is no such thing as a vaccum." Over time, they also get a purpose: which is to take down or destroy or waste things. This is what is known as the "negative mindset" - the reactive mindset - the reactive group of people.

So we end up with basically two broad classes of people: the purpose-driven, action-oriented people, and those who do everything else. There are then two "worlds:" the creative, positive world where good, beneficial, interesting things are being created. And the other world, which is busy with everything else, often the sum of their activities being (self-)destructive.

In the first world, "nothing is as fast as the speed of trust." Because mistrust or lack of trust means that the creative process in that world is slowing down and time is being spent on getting things right rather than getting things done.

In the second world, things depend on whatever is influencing that world at any given time. Generally, mistrust would pervade. Mistrust can travel faster than the speed of light - but it is serving any purpose?

Posted by Ramla A. at June 9, 2006 11:40 AM