- Guilt proneness has shown to be one of the best measures of how trust worthy someone is. If you want to build trust it's important to remind people and let people know of the trust that is in place and let people think of the guilt it might cause in the future if they broke the trust. - Guilt proneness is different from feeling guilty which happens once a transgression has been committed already. ---- "Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology does just that, showing that “guilt proneness”—a person’s tendency to anticipate feeling guilty—is a surprisingly powerful indicator of trustworthiness." - [Link](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/who-should-you-trust-psychologists-have-a-surprising-answer) "guilt-proneness—which captures the anticipation of guilt over wrongdoing—causes people to avoid transgressing in the first place." - [Link](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/who-should-you-trust-psychologists-have-a-surprising-answer)