If you were to find yourself in a conflict with an aggressive stranger, you probably already know that there’s a point at which they would be too close. But! If you haven’t spent a solid chunk of time training for that kind of encounter then you will almost certainly misjudge that distance. Even if you do estimate it pretty well, you’ll probably mismanage it. Negotiating space through communication, posture, and footwork takes hundred of hours of direct feedback to learn.

In principle, things are no different in romantic conflicts, business, et cetera. And while you’ve probably got more experience in these domains, just from living life, the terrain is different and more abstract.

Here’s what we’ll cover in the rest of the chapter:

• the critical geometries of the physical danger zone
• exactly what the danger zone is in different contexts
• defining trust and related elements
• operating in the meeting place of trust and danger
• how people accidentally become the bad guy

The rest of this chapter will become available following the success of this Kickstarter campaign.

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