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How to Build Credibility Quickly

18 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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An excerpt from Amber Hollingsworth's YouTube video "How to Build Credibility Quickly" advising that to build credibility with people who have addiction problems, acknowledge and verbalize the positive things they do (being a good provider, good with kids, completing schoolwork) rather than focusing only on their substance use. Doing so helps them trust and like you and feel genuinely seen.

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I usually see the person that has the addiction problem, and one of the things that keeps people stuck and they stop listening to you is they feel like they do all these other great things. But all you ever talk about is they're drinking, they're using, they're looking at their phone or whatever it is. And you never acknowledge that they're a good provider or that they're good with the kids, or that they got their schoolwork done or whatever it is. So one of the best ways to build credibility quickly is to see what people do right? That helps them trust you. It helps them like you, and it helps get. Give them the impression that you really do see them, like, for real.