Dr. Darryl Stickel

Trust is the willingness to be vulnerable when we can't completely predict how someone else is going to behave.

And so for me, it means uncertainty times vulnerability gives us a level of perceived risk.

And we each have a threshold of risk that we can tolerate.

Brother, I really appreciate you having me on the podcast and I'm looking forward to spending some time together.

Well, the cream always rises, is what I would suggest.

And we may not like each other, but I think given time, we'd come to love each other.

It's that intense rivalry.

But also, as I was saying to you before we started recording, I took half my, during my doctoral studies, I took half my classes at UNC Chapel Hill.

I have so much respect for the faculty and the institution and

Wow.

I'm going to get a little emotional here.

I'm sorry.

No, that's what we're here for.

The path I've traveled has included some real hard knocks.

And I believe that sometimes a hard road can be a good teacher.

And I have learned from that experience how to help people better understand one another.

how to help people build trust with one another.

And I have a perspective that's unusual.

I won't say it's unique, but it's rare.

There's a blend of theory and practice that gives me an unusual perspective on the world.