The key to establishing a long-term connection is consistency - doing what we said we were going to do. Its important that we must be sincere in communicating our intentions and, indeed, we must follo our word with the deed. As part of developing trust with other people it is also important that we get to know them well. It is natural that trust develops through reciprocal familiarity and experience. To expect people to trust you from the first encounter is expecting too much, but the best time to start working on earning other people's tryst it at the beginning of the relationship.