EP #325 How to Build Credibility with Generosity
Is your generosity credible or does your generosity build your credibility?
In this episode, Bob explains why being vouched for is not luck, a networking trick, or something your résumé can accomplish on its own. It is a skill and a reputation built through repeated generous actions. When people see that you give before you ask, stay connected, make others better, follow through, and own your mistakes, they gain evidence of your integrity.
That is how generosity becomes credibility. And when people trust your character and know you create good outcomes for others, they will fight for you when you are not in the room.
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What You'll Learn in Today's Episode:
Generosity can build personal credibility and strengthen trust.
A strong reputation is developed through repeated generous actions.
Give before you ask for time, advice, an introduction, or an opportunity.
Follow up without always attaching a request.
Stay connected after someone helps you.
Help teammates succeed without needing to be the hero.
Honor the trust of people who hire, recommend, or introduce you.
Own mistakes quickly, clearly, and honestly.
Do not hide an error and hope it disappears.
A simple, clear reputation makes it easier for people to advocate for you.
Your reputation should reflect both what you do well and how you make people feel.
Your résumé may get you in one room, but your reputation helps get you into the next one.
Quotes Worth Sharing:
“Speaking of impact is your generosity credible?”
“Maybe we should believe that our generosity builds our credibility.”
“You wanna become the kind of person whose generosity creates credibility, demonstrates your integrity.”
“Do you want other people who are gonna fight for you when you're not in the room?”
“The things that you do or say can get you in a room.”
“What will get you to the next room or the next opportunity is that reputation, what people believe in you.”
“You wanna give before people even ask.”
“Giving before asking is critical.”
“The best time to build a relationship is before you need a favor.”
“A relationship should not go silent the moment that you get what you came for.”
“Share information. Don't hoard it.”
“The question isn't just did you do well, like yourself. It's did everyone do well as a result of you doing well?”
“Make it easy for the person who vouched for you.”
“Don't just be a problem identifier, be a problem solver.”
“The mistake may be difficult, but the cover-up is what makes people stop trusting you.”
“You should be really easy to describe in, like, one sentence, no more.”
“When someone can confidently describe your value and your character in one sentence, they know what they're vouching for.”
“It's the follow through and the integrity.”
“Generosity is good business.”
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