What do you think?
Rate this book
The Truth About Trust: How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More
What really drives success and failure?
Can I trust you? It's the question that strikes at the heart of human existence. Whether we're talking about business partnerships, romantic relationships, child-parent bonds, or the brave new world of virtual interaction, trust, when correctly placed, is what makes our world spin and lives flourish.
Renowned psychologist David DeSteno brings together the latest research from diverse fields, including psychology, economics, biology, and robotics, to create a compelling narrative about the forces that have shaped the human mind's propensities to trust. He shows us how trust influences us at every level, from how we learn, to how we love, to how we spend, to how we take care of our own health and well-being. Using cutting edge research from his own lab, he also unlocks, for the first time, the cues that allow us to read the trustworthiness of others accurately.
Appealing to readers of Dan Ariely, Dan Gilbert, and David Eaglemen, The Truth About Trust offers a new paradigm that will change not only how you think about trust, but also how you understand, communicate, and make decisions in every area of your life.
Can I trust you? It's the question that strikes at the heart of human existence. Whether we're talking about business partnerships, romantic relationships, child-parent bonds, or the brave new world of virtual interaction, trust, when correctly placed, is what makes our world spin and lives flourish.
Renowned psychologist David DeSteno brings together the latest research from diverse fields, including psychology, economics, biology, and robotics, to create a compelling narrative about the forces that have shaped the human mind's propensities to trust. He shows us how trust influences us at every level, from how we learn, to how we love, to how we spend, to how we take care of our own health and well-being. Using cutting edge research from his own lab, he also unlocks, for the first time, the cues that allow us to read the trustworthiness of others accurately.
Appealing to readers of Dan Ariely, Dan Gilbert, and David Eaglemen, The Truth About Trust offers a new paradigm that will change not only how you think about trust, but also how you understand, communicate, and make decisions in every area of your life.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 30, 2014
70 people are currently reading
1403 people want to read
About the author
David DeSteno
4 books38 followersDavid DeSteno is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, where he directs the Social Emotions Group. At the broadest level, his work examines the mechanisms of the mind that shape moral behavior. David is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association, for which he served as editor-in-chief of the journal Emotion. His work has been repeatedly funded by the National Science Foundation and has been regularly featured in the media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, CBS Sunday Morning, and NPR's Radiolab and On Point.
He is the author of How God Works, Emotional Success, The Truth About Trust, and co-author of Out of Character. He frequently writes about behavioral science for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, and Mother Jones.
David received his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University.
He is the author of How God Works, Emotional Success, The Truth About Trust, and co-author of Out of Character. He frequently writes about behavioral science for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Harvard Business Review, and Mother Jones.
David received his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 34 reviews
January 21, 2019
"Deciding to trust someone, more than almost any other decision we make, holds the keys to how resilient we, both as individuals and as a society, will be." pg 241
Trust is one of the things that makes society work. We trust that our taxes will go towards making our society better. We trust we will be paid for the jobs we perform. We trust in contracts, news agencies and family members. Sometimes it seems this trust is misplaced. David DeSteno examines trust, what is it and how or why you decide to give someone all your trust or not.
I held as true many of the fallacies that DeSteno deconstructs in The Truth About Trust. That was disturbing, in a way, but I also enjoyed it because I learned new ways to approach trust issues and even to define what trust is. Although it may seem like a simple concept, I realized that I didn't know the basic definition of trust. I knew what it felt like, but not the mechanics behind it.
Tell me: what do you think trust is?
"There are two facets to trust: integrity and competence. Some of the best partners or teachers you may ever have had may not be the warmest people in the world, but they knew their stuff." pg 33
DeSteno reminds readers that beyond examining a new business or potential romantic partner to determine their trustworthiness, you need to remember your own perceptions color your reality.
If you want to be able to trust as you should, take a moment before negotiating with someone new to allow any feelings form a previous event to dissipate. pg 60
I liked that DeSteno waded into the potentially thorny world of cyberspace and who or what to give your trust to in the technological age. It seems that is going to be the future — programs, applications and machines.
...the basic issue of whether to trust technology has in fact been around for thousands of years. What makes it feel new now, however, is that technology is beginning to encroach on what had until recently been a solely human domain — sociality. pg 183
DeSteno gave me plenty to think about including why I sometimes place great trust where it has not necessarily been earned. Recommended for readers who want to ask themselves the same types of questions.
If you enjoyed The Truth About Trust, I'd suggest also picking up Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection (DeSteno deals with trust in cyberspace and the two books complement each other nicely) or The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (which discusses the issue of trusting yourself to do the things that will benefit you most in the future and why we don't always do those things).
Trust is one of the things that makes society work. We trust that our taxes will go towards making our society better. We trust we will be paid for the jobs we perform. We trust in contracts, news agencies and family members. Sometimes it seems this trust is misplaced. David DeSteno examines trust, what is it and how or why you decide to give someone all your trust or not.
I held as true many of the fallacies that DeSteno deconstructs in The Truth About Trust. That was disturbing, in a way, but I also enjoyed it because I learned new ways to approach trust issues and even to define what trust is. Although it may seem like a simple concept, I realized that I didn't know the basic definition of trust. I knew what it felt like, but not the mechanics behind it.
Tell me: what do you think trust is?
"There are two facets to trust: integrity and competence. Some of the best partners or teachers you may ever have had may not be the warmest people in the world, but they knew their stuff." pg 33
DeSteno reminds readers that beyond examining a new business or potential romantic partner to determine their trustworthiness, you need to remember your own perceptions color your reality.
If you want to be able to trust as you should, take a moment before negotiating with someone new to allow any feelings form a previous event to dissipate. pg 60
I liked that DeSteno waded into the potentially thorny world of cyberspace and who or what to give your trust to in the technological age. It seems that is going to be the future — programs, applications and machines.
...the basic issue of whether to trust technology has in fact been around for thousands of years. What makes it feel new now, however, is that technology is beginning to encroach on what had until recently been a solely human domain — sociality. pg 183
DeSteno gave me plenty to think about including why I sometimes place great trust where it has not necessarily been earned. Recommended for readers who want to ask themselves the same types of questions.
If you enjoyed The Truth About Trust, I'd suggest also picking up Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection (DeSteno deals with trust in cyberspace and the two books complement each other nicely) or The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (which discusses the issue of trusting yourself to do the things that will benefit you most in the future and why we don't always do those things).
February 4, 2015
I found this book at the work's library, I wanted to read it because of its title, The Truth About Trust. I have just finished it, and I like it very much.
This is one of the few books that I read that really touches every part of your life, it's about trust but it shows you with evidence and statistics that trust is a main player in all our life decisions, whether it's a small decision or a big one, trust is a fundamental part of it.
The book is organized in a very good way, each chapter ending with key insights that summarize the chapter for you, and each idea is backed with evidence from real experiments. And even though the book is scientific it's still a very attracting book, you can't just stop reading it easily.
I liked the chapter about teaching and kids the most, as I can see how it really affects our community! And the last chapter was amazing, I almost got tears from reading it.
I certainly advise everyone to read this book, it will definitely change the way you look at things around you, and you will surely start noticing new stuff, and you will be more aware when you're about to make any decision.
The big moral of this book is that for us to be live in a good working community, we need to aim to be always trustful, and to know that trust is not about someone's past, sinners can become faithful, and faithfuls can become sinners, forgiveness is a key part of our relationships, trusting our guts is important and even sometimes it's the only thing that we have, and we should raise our children with that in mind, we should let them feel ashamed if they have failed the trust of someone in them, and that they should work hard to stay trustful always, even when that means that there would be no short term benefits of doing so.
This is one of the few books that I read that really touches every part of your life, it's about trust but it shows you with evidence and statistics that trust is a main player in all our life decisions, whether it's a small decision or a big one, trust is a fundamental part of it.
The book is organized in a very good way, each chapter ending with key insights that summarize the chapter for you, and each idea is backed with evidence from real experiments. And even though the book is scientific it's still a very attracting book, you can't just stop reading it easily.
I liked the chapter about teaching and kids the most, as I can see how it really affects our community! And the last chapter was amazing, I almost got tears from reading it.
I certainly advise everyone to read this book, it will definitely change the way you look at things around you, and you will surely start noticing new stuff, and you will be more aware when you're about to make any decision.
The big moral of this book is that for us to be live in a good working community, we need to aim to be always trustful, and to know that trust is not about someone's past, sinners can become faithful, and faithfuls can become sinners, forgiveness is a key part of our relationships, trusting our guts is important and even sometimes it's the only thing that we have, and we should raise our children with that in mind, we should let them feel ashamed if they have failed the trust of someone in them, and that they should work hard to stay trustful always, even when that means that there would be no short term benefits of doing so.
February 3, 2014
I've read many books like Dr. DeSteno's, and I find the oversimplification of some of his theories a bit "too good to be true" (i.e. Several anecdotes are from simplified and isolated tests at sophisticated Ivy League schools) It is a well-written, insightful and interesting read. His argument about biology and evolution does reveal an innate ability in human beings in general. How we operate on a level of resilience and survival of species can be an indicator of our trustworthiness. Yet, I wondered why he didn't use more of today's headlines as examples such as the Bernie Madoff scandal. Here we could ask why smart, altruistic and resilient people like Elie Weisel - a Holocaust survivor mind you- could have fallen prey to someone like Bernie. But if we are to understand this correctly from the book, then we can contribute Weisel's rise to power as a writer and influential leader that led to his self-serving investment to not be a better judge of character by taking his foundation's money and investing in an untrustworthy company? Or was it Weisel was older, fatigued and incapable of better decision making? I'm not sure of any of this, but then again this book left me with more questions than answer. This is why I gave it 3 stars. Therefore, read in blind faith and decide for yourself.
June 30, 2020
Gave me an absolutely new perspective on trust and how it works out in life, in different facets.
July 8, 2014
Trust is about gambling on your ability to read someone's mind, even if that someone is your future self.
When we think people are consistent in their honesty, one can expect to find that it their environment was also constant.
Trust isn't just about integrity, but also competence. Without the ability to back it up, it doesn't matter how much one WANTS to do something. Think economic demand (willing AND able to purchase).
Generally, children retain information better when they trust the competence of their teacher (domain specific).
We implicitly trust people more like us. (social/racial group, etc) [OH YOU DON'T SAY)
Relationships eventually move from the exchange-based to communal style. One stops doing mental accounting/scorekeeping and implicitly trusts.
Jealousy requires a triad to be stoked. It requires a (potential) rival to be jealous of. And we're generally more jealous of rivals who are perceived as superior to us in the domains we are proud of, ourselves.
Power degrades our trustworthiness while simultaneously sharpening our skills for deceit.
Smiles can be decoded as signals of support or malice depending on the social category of the smiler (Max Weisbuch, Nalini Ambady)
Technology has the white coat effect of being subconsciously seen as more trustworthy, upon initial assessment.
Rationalisation is a process not of perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions. -Ayn Rand
Examine motives, not reputation. People change to fit the situation they are in.
When we think people are consistent in their honesty, one can expect to find that it their environment was also constant.
Trust isn't just about integrity, but also competence. Without the ability to back it up, it doesn't matter how much one WANTS to do something. Think economic demand (willing AND able to purchase).
Generally, children retain information better when they trust the competence of their teacher (domain specific).
We implicitly trust people more like us. (social/racial group, etc) [OH YOU DON'T SAY)
Relationships eventually move from the exchange-based to communal style. One stops doing mental accounting/scorekeeping and implicitly trusts.
Jealousy requires a triad to be stoked. It requires a (potential) rival to be jealous of. And we're generally more jealous of rivals who are perceived as superior to us in the domains we are proud of, ourselves.
Power degrades our trustworthiness while simultaneously sharpening our skills for deceit.
Smiles can be decoded as signals of support or malice depending on the social category of the smiler (Max Weisbuch, Nalini Ambady)
Technology has the white coat effect of being subconsciously seen as more trustworthy, upon initial assessment.
Rationalisation is a process not of perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions. -Ayn Rand
Examine motives, not reputation. People change to fit the situation they are in.
March 2, 2016
Another book, like those written by behavioural economists, to turn your thinking about something upside down. Everything we think we know about trust - trusting others, trusting ourselves - is all mistaken.
Deciding upon being trustworthy is not a once in a life time decision for any of us - it's a moment to moment decision based upon us weighing up the benefits of short term rewards against the benefits of long term rewards. We can be trustworthy today and not trustworthy tomorrow depending upon context and how we are feeling.
Can we detect a lack of trustworthiness in others? Possibly, but it would need to be a set of visual clues all noted together as opposed to single acts of behaviour. If we notice that someone is simultaneously fiddling with their hands, touching their face, leaning away or crossing their arms, it may signify someone hoping to cheat us.
Based upon lots of psychology lab experiments, DeSteno provides an accessible and interesting account of the most recent findings.
Deciding upon being trustworthy is not a once in a life time decision for any of us - it's a moment to moment decision based upon us weighing up the benefits of short term rewards against the benefits of long term rewards. We can be trustworthy today and not trustworthy tomorrow depending upon context and how we are feeling.
Can we detect a lack of trustworthiness in others? Possibly, but it would need to be a set of visual clues all noted together as opposed to single acts of behaviour. If we notice that someone is simultaneously fiddling with their hands, touching their face, leaning away or crossing their arms, it may signify someone hoping to cheat us.
Based upon lots of psychology lab experiments, DeSteno provides an accessible and interesting account of the most recent findings.
September 25, 2019
3.5
Premise: Trust is a bet that you place on someone else's (or a future version of yourself) behavior. It is a function of perceived, semi-conscious calculations of how much you will need other people. This is why money and power often corrupt so spectacularly.
The bits about facebook and insta-gratification tech feel dated, since this came out in 2014 not 2016. And the dismissal of ability to read facial expressions struck me as . . . pretty stupid. None of the experiments came close to monitoring how people actually intuit, which garners experience from a really vast array of context.
Overall, this feels like an Aspergian attempt at deciphering trustworthiness and so it relies heavily on the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of trustworthiness, and gives it a weirdly Clockwork Orange feel-- discounting moral choice or individual "goodness".
Premise: Trust is a bet that you place on someone else's (or a future version of yourself) behavior. It is a function of perceived, semi-conscious calculations of how much you will need other people. This is why money and power often corrupt so spectacularly.
The bits about facebook and insta-gratification tech feel dated, since this came out in 2014 not 2016. And the dismissal of ability to read facial expressions struck me as . . . pretty stupid. None of the experiments came close to monitoring how people actually intuit, which garners experience from a really vast array of context.
Overall, this feels like an Aspergian attempt at deciphering trustworthiness and so it relies heavily on the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of trustworthiness, and gives it a weirdly Clockwork Orange feel-- discounting moral choice or individual "goodness".
Read
July 20, 2017...In the end, what emerged are not only new insights into how to detect the trustworthiness of others, but also an entirely new way to think about how trust influences our lives, our success, and our interactions with those around us. . . ." Sound words, very sound
November 30, 2015
Nice readable synthesis of research for someone new to the area but
Nice readable synthesis of research for a newbie to the area. Good overview without getting bogged down in extraneous detail.
Nice readable synthesis of research for a newbie to the area. Good overview without getting bogged down in extraneous detail.
October 25, 2019
Examines trust in a broad range of applications and contexts, and provided new insights & perspectives for me as a result.
December 10, 2020
Biggest take-away I got from this book is that trust is not just about integrity/morals, it's also about a person's level of competence. Trusting someone to keep a secret is different from trusting someone to take care of your child, which is different from trusting someone to fix your faucet, which is different from trusting someone to perform surgery on your body. And even within a given framework, a person's trustworthiness is malleable. Things such as your present level of stress, social anxiety, economic status, and perceived level of competence affect how trustworthy you act in any given moment. (This idea is touched upon in another one of DeSteno's books, Out of Character -- the idea that our character and identity isn't fixed, but changes depending on the circumstances we're put in.)
Overall an interesting and illuminating book. If you've read the author's other books then you will notice some overlap in research/subject matter, but this book is worth reading even if you've read his other books.
Overall an interesting and illuminating book. If you've read the author's other books then you will notice some overlap in research/subject matter, but this book is worth reading even if you've read his other books.
February 8, 2021
It was a little bit repetitive but overall an enjoyable read. I think the most important points could have been summarized in a few bullet points.
I do have to bring up though one sentence that really crawled under my skin. In a scene where scientists grew more trusting, the author claims that they had less worry about "Getting scooped - every scientist's worst fear" because of the environment.
I have to say if the author believes getting scooped is every scientist's worst fear then only the selfish become scientists. It is easily seen how access to the research of others makes the field of science move much more quickly toward progress. This selfish desire for "full ownership" and not trusting others is detrimental to society, a point which I could literally prove using this same book.
Other than that bit it was very insightful but could have been illustrated less didactically and with half the chapters.
I do have to bring up though one sentence that really crawled under my skin. In a scene where scientists grew more trusting, the author claims that they had less worry about "Getting scooped - every scientist's worst fear" because of the environment.
I have to say if the author believes getting scooped is every scientist's worst fear then only the selfish become scientists. It is easily seen how access to the research of others makes the field of science move much more quickly toward progress. This selfish desire for "full ownership" and not trusting others is detrimental to society, a point which I could literally prove using this same book.
Other than that bit it was very insightful but could have been illustrated less didactically and with half the chapters.
May 26, 2023
The Truth About Trust is academic David DeSteno's attempt to summarize the academic literature on (you guessed it) trust. DeSteno summaries his studies and the work of other scholars.
I learned a lot from reading this book. For instance, we all tend to classify other people as "trustworthy" or "untrustworthy." The research shows that all of us are both, under the right circumstances.
The drawback in this one is predictable - DeSteno struggles to present academic studies in a manner that is engaging for a general audience. He spends too much time on the designs of various studies and not enough on how the findings can be useful for our everyday lives.
I'm glad that I read this one. But it wasn't always easy to read.
I learned a lot from reading this book. For instance, we all tend to classify other people as "trustworthy" or "untrustworthy." The research shows that all of us are both, under the right circumstances.
The drawback in this one is predictable - DeSteno struggles to present academic studies in a manner that is engaging for a general audience. He spends too much time on the designs of various studies and not enough on how the findings can be useful for our everyday lives.
I'm glad that I read this one. But it wasn't always easy to read.
March 6, 2023
This book is definitely not a how-to.
I think that's an important point to highlight for prospective readers.
While it does provide suggestions at times of things that we need to bear in mind during our decision making processes, the majority of the text is devoted to helping the reader understand how the human mind works when it comes to issues of trust, and why this makes sense from an evolutionary perspective.
I particularly enjoyed the chapters devoted to the role of power in trust, and factors that impact how we trust ourselves.
A cross between "The Marshmallow Test" and "The Selfish Gene".
I think that's an important point to highlight for prospective readers.
While it does provide suggestions at times of things that we need to bear in mind during our decision making processes, the majority of the text is devoted to helping the reader understand how the human mind works when it comes to issues of trust, and why this makes sense from an evolutionary perspective.
I particularly enjoyed the chapters devoted to the role of power in trust, and factors that impact how we trust ourselves.
A cross between "The Marshmallow Test" and "The Selfish Gene".
January 27, 2020
Trust is fundamental to all relationships. When we trust someone, we take a gamble that they’ll prioritize the long-term relationship we’ve built together instead of indulging their immediate desires. Despite this risk of betrayal, trust is worth it as it allows people to work together towards the greater rewards that only cooperation can give.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 17, 2021
More of a 3.5. I would recommend starting with this. It is useful for the studies cited and DeSteno’s ability to contextualize them; but some of his recommendations feel misplaced. Deeper understanding for a reader would be better supplemented by the more comprehensive coverage of the same topics by Daniel Kahneman and Robert M. Sapolsky.
November 25, 2018
Insightful Book on Trusting Others and Ourselves
Trust is a key part of being human. This book gives real insights into how trustworthy humans are, and when we should trust others and ourselves. Well written and backed by lots of science.
Trust is a key part of being human. This book gives real insights into how trustworthy humans are, and when we should trust others and ourselves. Well written and backed by lots of science.
March 1, 2018
Very interesting researches on trust, it explains how trust work and why we trust or don't trust people.
October 22, 2021
Good read. Trust is ultimately about trusting and taking a bet on yourself
November 28, 2022
Trust my own judgement
Do not need to trust anyone on all aspects of advice they provide
Do not need to trust anyone on all aspects of advice they provide
February 10, 2025
trust is bad trust is good
June 19, 2022
2nd read:
This was one of my favorite books about trust, so I gave it another read. Since reading it the first time, I’ve read dozens of books on the topic, and this is still one of the best. David DeSteno explains why trust is important and a lot of the psychology behind it. DeSteno has also conducted a lot of really interesting research around trust, and the results are really eye-opening. I think this book is extremely important because as misinformation continues to spread, the main question we need to ask is, “Why do people trust this bad information they’re being given?” DeSteno wrote this book before misinformation massive rise in misinformation, but this book gives some clues as to why people are falling for it and believing bad information and bad ideas.
1st read:
I really love reading books about the psychology behind how and why we trust, and I’ve read a ton of books on the subject. After starting this book, my first thought was, “How the hell have I never heard of David DeSteno before?!” Not only did David to an amazing job with this book, but he researches a ton of great subjects like morality, decisions, emotions, and more. As someone who has read so many books on trust, I was blown away at how much I learned from this book. My personal interest in trust is due to the fact that I find it interesting how often we trust complete strangers. In this book, DeSteno discusses how we learn to trust from childhood (and this is the first book I’ve read on trust that mentions attachment styles), and then there are chapters on trusting in relationships, trusting people in power, and so much more. DeSteno’s view on trust is extremely unique as well because his point of view is that both trust and deception are not set in stone, and so much of this depends on the context of various situations.
Yes, you should get this book ASAP. I can’t wait to read DeSteno’s other books, and the only bummer is that more of them aren’t available in audio format. And hopefully more books start citing the work of DeSteno, because it’s a crime that I’m only just now learning about his incredible work.
This was one of my favorite books about trust, so I gave it another read. Since reading it the first time, I’ve read dozens of books on the topic, and this is still one of the best. David DeSteno explains why trust is important and a lot of the psychology behind it. DeSteno has also conducted a lot of really interesting research around trust, and the results are really eye-opening. I think this book is extremely important because as misinformation continues to spread, the main question we need to ask is, “Why do people trust this bad information they’re being given?” DeSteno wrote this book before misinformation massive rise in misinformation, but this book gives some clues as to why people are falling for it and believing bad information and bad ideas.
1st read:
I really love reading books about the psychology behind how and why we trust, and I’ve read a ton of books on the subject. After starting this book, my first thought was, “How the hell have I never heard of David DeSteno before?!” Not only did David to an amazing job with this book, but he researches a ton of great subjects like morality, decisions, emotions, and more. As someone who has read so many books on trust, I was blown away at how much I learned from this book. My personal interest in trust is due to the fact that I find it interesting how often we trust complete strangers. In this book, DeSteno discusses how we learn to trust from childhood (and this is the first book I’ve read on trust that mentions attachment styles), and then there are chapters on trusting in relationships, trusting people in power, and so much more. DeSteno’s view on trust is extremely unique as well because his point of view is that both trust and deception are not set in stone, and so much of this depends on the context of various situations.
Yes, you should get this book ASAP. I can’t wait to read DeSteno’s other books, and the only bummer is that more of them aren’t available in audio format. And hopefully more books start citing the work of DeSteno, because it’s a crime that I’m only just now learning about his incredible work.
March 10, 2014
The main reason I selected to read this was to assist me with closing sales, I wanted to understand why collectors trust me. This book is an insightful look into how the human species interacts with each other and why. A bit more of an academic read, but well worth the time! I have a better understanding of the multiple layers of trust.
January 6, 2017
It's a great book and well written. Trust is something I struggled with all my life, this books makes it simple.
It had me emotional in parts of this book when it talks about teaching and children. It reaffirms my beliefs to trust your gut but I also believe we need to pray and ask for guidance. Most important we need to put out trust in god and in ourselves.
It had me emotional in parts of this book when it talks about teaching and children. It reaffirms my beliefs to trust your gut but I also believe we need to pray and ask for guidance. Most important we need to put out trust in god and in ourselves.
August 5, 2014
A very good book especially for communicators whose work relies on finding the threads of trust to engage with people on behalf of their clients or organizations. I really enjoyed the chapter on cybertrust that is frightening and fascinating at the same time.
January 1, 2016
There's a lot of interesting stuff in this book, especially when it comes to how young children get to trust someone, about trust on the internet and ways we fail when trusting ourselves. Also, most of te books and courses that claim that they can teach one how to detect deceit are useless.
January 17, 2016
Very dry but interesting.
March 17, 2016
Interesting but I found it a little dry. I think the concept of trust is very interesting and challenging to understand at times because it seems so instinctual.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 34 reviews