Like the world of aerial combat, today's high stakes business world operates faster than the speed of sound. Teamwork and trust are critical to overcome the missiles of adversity, fear and change. In Never Fly Solo, former combat decorated fighter pilot Lt. Col. Rob "Waldo" Waldman shares business critical concepts for success and delivers a very human message: we all have missiles in life to overcome and we can't do it alone. Never Fly Solo is a flight plan for success told through compelling real world stories that bucks the typical Hollywood fighter pilot image. This book will help you earn your wings as a high performance leader and form powerful relationships that will break through the ceilings keeping you or your company from soaring to new heights.

1. I was claustrophobic

2. I couldn't jump off a ten-foot-high diving board…..

3. … .or even ride a roller coaster without being terrified. I couldn't jump off a ten-foot-high diving board…..

4. Then, three years into my eleven-year flying career, I inhaled a lung full of water scuba diving…

5. The next time I flew, I had a panic attack at twenty thousand feet. Then, three years into my eleven-year flying career, I inhaled a lung full of water scuba diving…

6. I know, fighter pilots are supposed to be steely-nerved superheroes with no fear, the confidence of a lion, and some very cool shades.

7. I know, fighter pilots are supposed to be steely-nerved superheroes with no fear, the confidence of a lion, and some very cool shades. Tom Cruise in real life, right?

8. Life isn't Hollywood, and neither is real combat. Nobody cares who's good at volleyball.

9. The only things that count are your….

10. The only things that count are your…. skills

11. The only things that count are your…. skills and your ability to work as a TEAM

12. I was instructor pilot and an F-16 fighter pilot.