Margaret Kerr / Trusting yourself
Over a hundred years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about trusting yourself in his essay ‘Self-reliance’
“A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within…….Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his…. Trust thyself…….Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind…. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions…. My life is for myself and not for a spectacle…. Insist on yourself; never imitate…. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
And from a different angle, here’s a link to a 2002 Reith Lecture. It’s about how the culture of accountability can undermine self trust and public trust in the workplace - especially in large institutions and caring professions.
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