# Trust **Domain:** Social Systems / Cooperation **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Trust** is the expectation that another person or institution will act with sufficient integrity, competence, consistency, and goodwill to make cooperation possible under uncertainty. ## Mechanism and Practice Trust accumulates through fulfilled promises, truthful signals, repair, patience, and helpful conduct. It functions as social capital because reliable relationships lower coordination costs and expand the range of opportunities people can pursue together. ## Relationships - **Related concepts:** [[wiki/Social Capital|Social Capital]] · [[wiki/Reputation|Reputation]] · [[wiki/Reciprocity|Reciprocity]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Trust is built from specific qualities. Integrity, honorable intention, steadfastness, patience, consistency, goodwill, helpfulness, and respectful cooperation all raise the trust others place in a person. Strengthening these qualities expands personal capital.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Funding Your Dreams Through Trust and Human Capital - Livestream (Nov 2015)* [[reminders/Social Capital/Trust Expands Personal Capital by Bryant McGill|Trust Expands Personal Capital by Bryant McGill]] > “Trust economics makes everyone potentially wealthy. Kindness, generosity, service, and integrity are forms of capital available to anyone. Spending them lavishly builds a reserve that money alone cannot.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *From Audience to Author With Tools for Participatory Publishing - Livestream (Oct 2017)* [[reminders/Abundance/Kindness and Integrity Are Forms of Capital by Bryant McGill|Kindness and Integrity Are Forms of Capital by Bryant McGill]]