# Daily Inspiration: “Trust is an asset that can take decades to build but that can be incinerated in moments.”
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"Trust is an asset that can take decades to build but that can be incinerated in moments." - Futurist Jim Carroll As a species, we seem to have an implicit ability to observe the issue of trust. And most of us know that a huge amount of 'trust capital' has disappeared in the last 48 hours. The thing about trust? When it's gone, it's gone. It takes a considerable amount of time to build up trust. And when you work to destroy, it's gone faster than you think! The speed can be astonishing. Never forget - lost trust always means a lost future! That's all I've got for today!  

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Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/01/daily-inspiration-trust-is-an-asset-that-can-take-decades-to-build-but-that-can-be-incinerated-in-moments/