Breaking the Trust Barrier

PART IV

PART IVTrust

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

—Abraham Lincoln

Carrying a follower across the threshold of trust is magical. This is where the jets behind you begin to take the drag from your wake, where your people are close enough to remove weight from your efforts. Closing the gaps and crossing the trust barrier allows you to accelerate your team to a speed it could never have achieved another way. With proximity, however, comes risk. Even at highway speeds, followers who choose to move up inside a car length will be hard-pressed to shift their crosscheck away from the ...