Trust is vital when it comes to relationships, but it happens to be what manipulators take advantage of. Knowing how trust operates, and how to use it strategically, may be your number one power move

Why Do We Trust People? (And Should We Rethink It?)

Find out how knowing about trust, emotional mastery, and manipulation psychologically can save you and benefit you.

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Introduction: Trust — A Double-Edged Sword

Human relation requires trust. Without it, there is no holding relationships together, no hanging together as teams, no sticking together as societies. Ironically, however, trust is also a way into manipulation. Have you ever asked yourself why you can just instinctively trust some people? Or why people keep on taking advantage of your trust?

This article is going to make you question the beliefs you currently hold on trust. More to the point, it will provide you with strategic thinking tools that will help you regulate both the giving and receiving of trust.

It will be divided into 3 layers that will be transformative:

1. The hidden psychology behind trust.