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Mentor's Field Guide · No. 02

Building Trust: The First and Hardest Task

Trust is built through reliability, attunement, non-judgment, and repair. When someone tests you, ask what they are trying to find out — and answer with your steadiness.

Mentor's Field Guide #2, Building Trust: The First and Hardest Task: a school counselor sitting beside a quiet teenage boy on a bench outside a school, with the quote “Trust is not given to you because of your title. It is earned from you, one kept promise at a time.” — Melvin Williams Sr

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