{"id":5672,"date":"2026-05-13T08:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:27:45","slug":"ten-popular-mistruths-about-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5672","title":{"rendered":"Ten Popular Mistruths about Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trust is the outcome of principled behavior. It is hard to describe but you know it when you see it. Many of use have been led to believe certain things about trust that simply are not provable or true. This is a list of the most popular mistruths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1-768x994.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1-927x1200.jpeg 927w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ten-Mistruths-1.jpeg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\"><em>Barbara Brooks Kimmel <\/em><\/a><em>is an author, speaker, product developer and global subject matter expert on trust and trustworthiness. Founder of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World she is author of the award-winning <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1932919368\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=trustacrossam-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=1932919368&amp;adid=17T9WSRBD19T73CZF6ER&amp;&amp;ref-refURL=http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/reading_room.shtml\"><em>Trust Inc., Strategies for Building Your Company\u2019s Most Valuable Asset<\/em><\/a><em>, Trust Inc., 52 Weeks of Activities and Inspirations for Building Workplace Trust and Trust Inc., a Guide for Boards &amp; C-Suites. She majored in International Affairs (Lafayette College), and has an MBA (Baruch- City University of NY). Her expertise on trust has been cited in Harvard Business Review, Investor\u2019s Business Daily, Thomson Reuters, BBC Radio, The Conference Board, The Financial Times, Global Finance Magazine, Bank Director and Forbes, among others.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-best-social-bookmark\"><ul class=\"socials\"><li class=\"oknotizie\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oknotizie.virgilio.it\/post.html.php?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5672&title=Ten Popular Mistruths about Trust\" title=\"Share this on oknotizie\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"twitter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Ten Popular Mistruths about Trust &raquo; https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5672\" title=\"Share this on twitter\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"delicious\"><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=5672&title=Ten Popular Mistruths about Trust\" title=\"Share this on del.icio.us\"> <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trust is the outcome of principled behavior. It is hard to describe but you know it when you see it. Many of use have been led to believe certain things about trust that simply are not provable or true. This is a list of the most popular mistruths. 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