I've noticed that many people assume visibility is about being seen.
What it actually seems to create is familiarity.
The more consistently people encounter your ideas and perspective, the less they feel like they're meeting a stranger when an opportunity finally arises.
Trust is often talked about as though it's a single decision, but it seems more like an accumulation process.
Each interaction adds a little more context, familiarity, and understanding until eventually the relationship feels established long before two people have ever spoken directly.
I've noticed that many people assume visibility is about being seen.
What it actually seems to create is familiarity.
The more consistently people encounter your ideas and perspective, the less they feel like they're meeting a stranger when an opportunity finally arises.
So true. Visibility isn’t really the goal, it’s the thing that makes the trust possible. And the trust is what makes everything else possible.
That's such an interesting point.
Trust is often talked about as though it's a single decision, but it seems more like an accumulation process.
Each interaction adds a little more context, familiarity, and understanding until eventually the relationship feels established long before two people have ever spoken directly.