Trust is earned, it is said. Be consistent, allow predictability, have good intent behind deeds, minimize your self interests, probably few may trust their instincts to expect a behavior pattern in any
future event thereby expressing their trust in your abilities.
Trust is thus broken when inconsistent patterns and internal bearings are challenged without reasonable rationale.
Where and what then is loyalty? Do we earn it like trust or is it a
reward in retrospective? Is loyalty proportional to the count of
followers among your reports? Is it part exhibit of an internal fear of
needing to be associated with a group?, how much is it enforced by
society like in marriage?, Does it matter with hierarchy and used as a
means for propelling self's goals ahead?, Does leadership require
loyalty for moving ahead or is loyalty a selfless act as marketed in a
glamorous package?
Many places of loyalty share the facet that it moves beyond trust, for
sure. There needs a connect beyond the regular context and a quite
different setting from the primary need of acquaintance and needing each
other. There exists a share pattern of assumed "being there" at times
of need, knowledge that every other thing will be subsumed at a time we
need to be together and more of a comforting around feeling than needing
to be proving useful or giving a solution.
In hindsight it is always an under explained and un-expressed experience
to be loyal to some one and have loyalty towards someone we like and
love. And it commands the prestige probably because of this quality to
remain unexplained and experienced.
