It’s easy to judge people who cheat until you’re behind and nobody’s looking.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Honesty is cheap while you are comfortable. Pressure plus opportunity plus no witnesses is the combination that really tests it, and most people meet that combination earlier than they expect to. Condemning cheats from a seat where you have no reason to cheat tells you almost nothing about what you would do.

Decide now, before the situation turns up, what you will do when you are behind and alone with the answers. Deciding in advance is most of the work, since in the moment you will only follow what was already settled. Admitting how tempting it is makes you steadier, not weaker.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What would you do if you were losing and unwatched?

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