Trust AND Verify

It is WayMaker Wednesday! Time to challenge your mind, reframe your perspective, and equip yourself for action.

## The Question

Where is trust breaking down because communication is insufficient?

## The Thought

Trust is not a feeling. It is built, or broken, through patterns of communication.
And most breakdowns come from one simple mistake: Assuming understanding without verification.
The most elite teams in the world know:
* Communication is not completion.
* Repetition is not redundancy.
* Clarity is a choice.
WayMakers do not just trust. They trust AND verify.
They cultivate cultures of shared understanding.
They make the implicit explicit.
They re-state priorities until everyone can recite them.
They repeat the vision until they are made fun of for doing so.
Because communication is not a box to check. It is the currency of execution.
Without it:
* Speed becomes chaos.
* Initiative collapses.
* Profit erodes.
With it:
* Trust compounds.
* Empowered ownership increases.
* Momentum becomes sustainable.

## Put It Into Action

Choose one team, project, or meeting this week. Then ask:

- Where have I assumed understanding instead of verifying it?
- What do I need to restate or clarify?
- How might better communication increase trust and output?
- Trust is the engine. Communication is the fuel.
- Fuel it wisely. Lead accordingly.

Forge Forward,
Jon Mayo