Taking minutes in meetings is the bane of my existence, I really deplore it and avoid it as often as I can. I am not sure why it is that I dislike it so much. I have recently been appointed the secretary of a committee and the only part I do not look forward to is minute taking. It is now squarely in my lap as a responsibility and duty that I must bear. In our meeting yesterday I did not take notes, I listened and this is my practice to absorb it all and distill it to notes later. I have not done it yet and part of me is even a little resentful that I have to. What assumption am I making here? That writing minutes is time consuming, that when I do so I often attract criticism as what is important to one may not be important to others, that I could spend my time better doing something else... Trustworthiness reminds me to keep my commitment, to honour what it is I have agreed to do. This responsibility is foundational to the work that I am doing and gives me a reference to learn from and build upon. I am encouraged by reframing it this way to dive in and conscientiously get these notes typed up today. Trustworthiness brings into focus for me the importance of making agreements I am willing to keep. I have written here before about my tendency to eagerly agree to do a task and later realising that my heart was not behind my acceptance. In these instances of regret and resentment, I persuade myself to ignore the need to be trustworthy, thereby decreasing the degree of integrity I bring to the situation. As I go about speaking to others about the work that I do and hoping to attract clients, it is only by being worthy of their trust that I will attract abundance. Thus, I need to embrace that trustworthiness is the bedrock of success.
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