Steve Rucinski

I am a very trusting person, I tend to think that most people I meet and come in contact with are trustworthy, it has been my instinct to always trust quickly.

The problem is I keep getting burned by allowing this trust instinct to guide my actions, and every time I get burnt my friends and family frequently scold me, ‘you should have gotten it in writing.’

The problem with trusting others within your work or career situation is that when the trust is broken it can be catastrophic, the impact can be a tsunami of financial and emotional impacts which then ripple their way through our lives. I am sure many of you like my friends and family think I am naive to be so trusting.

As I write this I am in the middle of the process of finding a new career adventure. Of course this means meeting new people, connecting with old networks and relationships, you know the drill.

I have decided this go round that I am implementing a new strategy to help me make good decisions around those I come to trust and any accompanying items that ‘should done be in writing.’

I am building a personal advisory board.

I have asked 4 people from wildly varying backgrounds that all know me from different perspectives to be on my career advisory board. I expect the board to ask me tough questions about my thinking and decision making. I expect them to be my personal guidance system and accountability team as I get closer to choosing the next great adventure in my career.

I will let you know how it goes, however I am not going to change my basic instinct to trust easily, I will use my board for help on things that are consequential to me and my families future.