“Your message is only as powerful as the trust you've banked before you need to spend it. People don't follow your strategy, they follow your character.” 

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It was gentle.

Just a tap.

A faint call to action, spoken in movement, not in words.

My eyes opened...

And there she was...

My angel of light...

Wrapped in the darkness of my waking.

"Are you ready?" she asked.

Before my brain could process the question...

My body had already said yes.

Why?

Because the connection was already there.

That moment...

My daughter waking me for our early morning walk...

Reminded me of one of history's most dramatic career pivots.

Joseph...

The dreamer who became Egypt's prime minister...

Experienced his life-changing moment in remarkably similar fashion.

Picture this...

Joseph had been rotting in prison for years.

His crime?

Refusing to betray his master's trust.

His reward?

False accusations and forgotten promises.

Yet when Pharaoh's messenger arrived with a simple summons...

"Pharaoh wants to see you"

Joseph didn't hesitate.

No warning.

No time to prepare.

Just a tap from destiny.

Joseph moved.

And in a single day...

He went from prisoner to prime minister of the most powerful nation on earth.

The difference between a tap that transforms and one that gets ignored isn't in the volume...

It's in the foundation beneath it.

When my daughter taps my shoulder at 5 AM...

I don't need to weigh pros and cons.

Years of shared morning connection...

And countless small moments have built something deeper than decision making: instinctive trust.

When Pharaoh's messenger tapped Joseph's cell, the response was equally automatic.

But Joseph's readiness wasn't born overnight.

It was created through years of choosing integrity over convenience...

Serving faithfully even when no one was watching...

And building a reputation that went ahead of him into every room.

Here's how that works...

1. Big Movements Start Small

Joseph's journey to saving entire nations began with a simple request:

"Come, interpret this dream."

Not exactly earth shattering on the surface.

Your tribe's deepest loyalty often starts the same way....

With the smallest possible ask.

A reply to your message.

A quick share.

A first conversation.

The mistake most leaders make is leading with the big ask before they've earned the small yes.

Practical Application:

Map out your "small yes ladder."

What's the smallest thing someone could say yes to that would begin building trust with you?

Start there.

Always start there.

2. The Messenger Carries Weight

Pharaoh's call mattered because Joseph had already built an unshakeable reputation.

My daughter's tap works because our bond runs deeper than any single moment.

Here's what most influencers miss...

Your message is only as powerful as the trust you've banked before you need to spend it. People don't follow your strategy. They follow your character. They don't buy your pitch. They buy your integrity.

Are you building the kind of reputation where your word carries weight before you speak?

3. Swift Obedience Creates Unstoppable Momentum

Joseph's readiness turned opportunity into elevation.

He didn't ask for time to think it over.

He didn't request a detailed job description. He moved.

Tribemasters who act quickly....

And train their tribe to do the same....

Create momentum that compounds.

But here's the catch....

Obedience only works when it's built on deep trust.

Otherwise, it's just impulsiveness.

When your tribe trusts you enough to move quickly, every opportunity becomes exponentially more powerful. Speed becomes your competitive advantage.

We live in a time of manufactured urgency and artificial intimacy.

Everyone's trying to hack their way to influence without building the foundation that makes influence possible.

Social media promises instant tribes.

Growth hacking promises instant authority.

But here's what none of the shortcuts can deliver: The Unconscious Yes™

The unconscious yes is what happens when trust runs so deep that action precedes analysis.

It's what every parent experiences when their child calls for help.

It's what Joseph accessed when destiny knocked.

It's what separates true influence from mere persuasion.

So how do you build the kind of trust that creates Unconscious Yes™ responses?

Well...

Start with...

Consistency Over Intensity

My daughter doesn't trust me because of one perfect parenting moment.

She trusts me because of a thousand small moments of showing up.

Your tribe is the same way.

Then there's...

Character Over Charisma

Joseph wasn't chosen for his charm or his connections.

He was chosen because his character had been tested and proven.

Charisma gets attention.

Character gets trust.

And finally...

Service Over Self-Promotion

Every truly influential leader I know has one thing in common....

They spent years serving before they ever tried to lead.

They built their foundation on what they gave not what they got.

Question: Are you building the kind of trust where your tribe says yes before they think about it?

Because when the right tap comes...

And it will come...

You won't have time to think.

You'll just move.

And everything will change.

The most powerful moments in leadership...

Like the most powerful moments in life...

Aren't manufactured.

They're cultivated.

They grow in the soil of consistent character...

Daily faithfulness...

And genuine care for others.

They're harvested in moments of opportunity when trust becomes the bridge between where you are and where you need to be.

My daughter's gentle tap reminds me every morning that...

Influence isn't about having the loudest voice or the cleverest strategy.

It's about being the kind of person others trust enough to follow into the darkness...

Believing that wherever you're going together will be worth the journey.

The question isn't whether opportunities will come.

The question is whether you'll be ready when they do.

Are you?

This is The Certain Way.

Isn't it time you finally...

Get out of your own way.

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PS: Have you noticed that I'm leveraging Historic Characters as case studies for teaching The Way Of The Tribemaster™?

What are your thoughts?

And no...

Don't worry...this isn't a religion thing.