The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed

Very easy read, great points. Highly recommend

I first learned about this book from Robin Dreeke in a classroom. I was interested in the topic and also wanted to read more about the adventures in his career. He was a great speaker in person, an indication that I'd love the book too. When I got the book in the mail I was surprised at how big the book was and wondered when I'd have time to read it all. I started, as most people do, at page one and soon realized that the way the book is written you can skip around without getting lost because he breaks up the reading into stories, bullet points, graphs, and vocabulary. I loved learning all the spy lingo and I also like the way he folded the story of his personal journey into leading a life of building trust into his career stories. It painted the picture of the person that he came to be both at work and at home leading his life by his code of trust. The stories of his career are more like snapshots that fold into the lesson that he's writing about in a particular section. I can't imagine he'd be able to tell a full story of building the trust of an Access Agent since this is a very complex process that doesn't always start with a free meal and end with a major break in a lead. Never the less, they are great stories and full of opportunity to learn. At one point in my reading, I realized that someone I was going to meet was creating a "false timeline" with me to place urgency on our meeting thanks to the book. (LOL) I will keep this book a reference guide to moving about the world and no doubt this book is steeped in positive ways to treat people no matter who they are and be a leader while also building trust in yourself too.

Most business books are just verbal pep-rallies that are limited, directly or indirectly, to making money, and you forget them the minute the rally is over. While this book certainly offers success, but it has so much depth that it applies personally as well as professionally.  It reminded me that no matter how much our professional lives matter, we start the workday and end the workday as people, and that anything that can improve life better in both worlds is precious.  It delivers on its promise to not only help you succeed in life, but it also helps make you a better, happier person. I know that reading this book has enriched my marriage as well as my work relationships. Trust, in the final analysis, is the foundation of all human exchanges: financial, emotional, and even those that consist of your own inner dialogue.

I highly recommend this book if you want to truly lead people, which is much different from "being a boss"! Leading involves getting people to want to do great things on their own, by seeing their strengths, even if they don't see those themselves. Unfortunately, this trait is so uncommon in many people who are supervisors that finding one is a rarity, but even more important is BEING one! This book provides a good solid foundation to build relationships, which in the end is what we as humans beings are all about, good book for some introspection as well, namely "am I worthy of the trust of others?". I highly recommend this a good basis for any relationship, whether that is business or personal.

I absolutely love this book. I was lucky enough to attend a virtual seminar with the author Robin Dreeke. His story and his lessons are incredibly fascinating. I highly recommend anyone buy this book whether you’re looking to enhance professional leadership skills, interpersonal skills, or personal relationships or even if you’re simply curious. This book is a definite must read.

This book was life changing. I first heard Robin on the Art of Charm podcast and he was immediately intrigued. I put the book in my wish list, and held off because I didn't have the time to read it. I finally was able to order it and read through it and I am so happy I did. I thought the podcast was great, but the information and tips Robin provides in the book are lightyears beyond the hour they were able to talk on the podcast. It's one of the books that I am constantly going to be referring to in work and in life, and will recommend to others around me that have a similar mindset.

Part one of this book is interesting with the introduction of the code and Robin’s stories of his training and mentorship as a young agent. While I think the code is a great concept and Robin shares some strong frameworks the book lacked really engaging stories. I get that may because many people’s names and actual projects had to be hidden due to classified information but that may have caused many stories to fall flat from an engagement standpoint. The starting a story then going into science jargon also made it hard to follow. I think like many business books this was a solid hour training session and would have been good as a long article but strained to find material for a 300 page book. Section 2 rehashed standard personality tests like DISC and especially section 3 that felt more like an extended recap. Honestly the appendix gives you an amazing 80 for 20. Good read but probably would recommend Extreme Ownership over this as it has similar message around trust with less filler and more engaging combat stories.

What a great book! It's really two books in one. There's the incredible adventures of the author as a spy / agent and there's the excellent advice on how to develop trust. In today's crazy worlds where we read about Russian hacking all day long, you have to wonder what it takes to develop communications with people who are diametrically opposed to you. This book lays out the tenants of trust-building in an extremely readable fashion combining true-life adventures and a philosophy that can help one learn how to create more meaningful business, interpersonal or even romantic relationship based on real trust. Buy it! You won't regret it..

The content of the book is good and echoes the work of pioneers in the field like Hanns Scharff. However the writing style is unbelievably annoying and patronising. The book could have been 1/3rd of the length, which means that 2/3rds is pointless padding and rubbish metaphors.

I heard about this book in a podcast about the subject in the Art of Manliness website. The author on the occasion was very impressive and assertive, which made me come after this book. I came with a high expectation of the quality of this work and it could claim 5 stars from me. The book is unique in a way, it tells the truth about trust and gives examples of the behavior the author recommends to reach the power of leadership and influence. Like the Extreme Ownership book, this one is very valuable for people with a strong mindset and strength of character to accept to come last when the time is the reap benefits and first when it comes to taking action and responsibilities, no matter the odds of success.

Well laid out, easy to read, practical ideas, methods, and solution. May take much practice and be difficult to implement. Probably good to keep as a reference guide as to how to best communicate with different personality types. Far better than "Presuasion by Robert Cialdini...that book was terrible.

And if found if for my self very informativ and educational, I can recommend this book it is quiet interessant.

Captivating story telling with nuggets of gold sprinkled through. Very enjoyable reading.