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Master Don Juan
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Advice from the old lady:
Trust…but verify. -Ronald Reagan
I go by actions and investment with everyone. Men I am seeing, friends, family, everyone. And I tell people what I am doing if asked and I explain things if someone needs me to explain something.
But I also pay attention. If someone is trying to run BS on me (say one thing and do another)…they will reveal that duplicity through behavior. So I will put such a person openly on notice that I do not tolerate double standards, and I will conduct myself in an equivalent way as they are conducting themselves regardless what they say.
Such an open statement calling someone out or placing them on notice that I am aware of the duplicity creates conflict. That’s OK. Embrace the conflict. You can learn a lot about someone in those moments. Their response to your assurance that you will behave as they are behaving will upset them ONLY if they are doing duplicitous things they wouldn’t want you doing.
If they are truly trustworthy they will simply shrug it off and go on. You are entitled to verify through observation that someone is trustworthy. It is important in fact that you do so.
Cheers
Trust…but verify. -Ronald Reagan
I go by actions and investment with everyone. Men I am seeing, friends, family, everyone. And I tell people what I am doing if asked and I explain things if someone needs me to explain something.
But I also pay attention. If someone is trying to run BS on me (say one thing and do another)…they will reveal that duplicity through behavior. So I will put such a person openly on notice that I do not tolerate double standards, and I will conduct myself in an equivalent way as they are conducting themselves regardless what they say.
Such an open statement calling someone out or placing them on notice that I am aware of the duplicity creates conflict. That’s OK. Embrace the conflict. You can learn a lot about someone in those moments. Their response to your assurance that you will behave as they are behaving will upset them ONLY if they are doing duplicitous things they wouldn’t want you doing.
If they are truly trustworthy they will simply shrug it off and go on. You are entitled to verify through observation that someone is trustworthy. It is important in fact that you do so.
Cheers