A review by innatejames
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M. R. Covey

1.0

I read this for work. Some interesting points about establishing trust with people, but for me the reasons the book gave for doing this were in the wrong place. People should be trustworthy to treat people well, not to make money.

Most of the ideas in the latter half of the book were too idealistic. For Comey's ideas to work, everyone in the world would have to 1. function at their best mental health-wise, 2. be aware of the points in this book, and 3. never make a mistake.

Many of Covey’s examples catered to elitist class principles. He completely ignores the fact that people working for him would tell him anything to save their jobs. He also completely ignores the fact that many folks are struggling to survive.

Also, the contents of this book was mostly filler. It could have been a brochure.