John Cutler
Show up Consistently
Inspired by John Cutler episode
John Cutler worked with hundreds of product teams. The high-performers had one thing in common: they showed up reliably over time.
John Cutler spent four years studying product teams and discovered the secret to earning trust: it's not genius moves or clever frameworks. It's showing up. Doing what you said. Being on time. Following through. Not making people wait on you just because you're senior.
Trust is built in small repeated actions over time. People need to see you be reliable before they'll trust your judgment.
Your kid operates the same trust algorithm, except they're running it on a five-year-old's processor. They don't trust you because you gave one amazing talk about feelings. They trust you because you've shown up hundreds of times. You said you'd be there at pickup and you were there. You said no iPad before dinner and you meant it. You promised to read that specific book about the mouse who wants a cookie and you actually read it instead of "forgetting" and pivoting to the shorter one.
Consistency over time is how tiny humans learn your words mean something.
