{"id":37831,"date":"2016-12-06T12:08:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T10:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/en\/?p=37831"},"modified":"2016-12-06T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T12:14:28","slug":"how-trust-provides-you-with-more-time-and-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/en\/blog\/2016\/12\/06\/how-trust-provides-you-with-more-time-and-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How trust provides you with more time and money"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Thursday it was all over my Facebook timeline. No matter when and where I looked. The plea of Jan Terlouw was – and still is – everywhere. Surprisingly large numbers of my twenty to thirty year old peers shared the plea with praising words on Facebook. I had expected an older generation to\u00a0identify with the words of Jan Terlouw most. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A visibly emotional\u00a0Jan Terlouw<\/a>, former Dutch politician and writer, makes\u00a0a passionate plea in the Dutch tv show De Wereld Draait Door (The World Keeps on Turning). In his speech, he tells us his fears for climate change and the decreasing trust within society. Especially the second topic catches\u00a0my attention. As a sociologist, I am curious about norms, values and beliefs within society. These bring people together. In politics, at work and in private.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan starts his speech with a beautiful metaphor: strings hanging from\u00a0mailboxes, to allow\u00a0doors to be\u00a0openen from the outside; \u00a0a sign of trust. Trust in one and other\u00a0is gone, he says. Trust in politicians is gone. We have to restore trust for the public interest, the interest of the future: youth!<\/span><\/p>\n