in the real world, not only is it quite rare to find business collaborators you trust on the level of close friends/family, but those too are capable of making mistakes; is it not then an act of kindness to release the from the burden of perfection thru mutual accountability?

I've found that I can build much deeper trust in someone's competence thru iterated monte carlo output validation than by simply trusting them based on character or recommendation; this validated trust allows me to release cognitive load which would otherwise be spent worrying

there'd a russian saying: доверяй но проверяй, translated as "trust, but verify"; this has very much been a motto for me, and has been quite instrumental thruout the torturous process of learning to delegate work to others, which I've always struggled with, having high standards

thru thus process I've learned the value of having skilled collaborators in domains you're only minimal familiar with, but still enough to check their work; the trust they earn professionally filters back out to the interpersonal realm as well, building stronger relationships

never shy away from learning something far from your core competence, nor from underpinning your trust with evidence; both practices will make you a more effective collaborator in the long run