The first solo sail is the moment you realize nobody else is going to make the call. That’s both terrifying and freeing.

Sole responsibility is two feelings at once, and they turn out to be the same feeling seen from opposite sides. There is nobody to defer to, which is the frightening half. There is also nobody to overrule you, which is the good half. Most people never find out what their own judgement is worth until nobody is standing there to borrow judgement from.

Give yourself one small thing to run alone this week with nobody to check with. An hour of making the calls yourself teaches more than a month of watching someone competent.