Most of the time, we define crucible experiences as setbacks and failures. But can success be its own crucible? Dean Niewolny didn’t think so as he climbed the corporate ladder in his financial-services career.
With the release of my book Crucible Leadership: Embrace Your Trials to Lead a Life of Significance on Oct. 19, I have been speaking a fair amount these last couple of months.
Jason Hardrath has spent his fair share of time in what he calls “the pain cave.” That’s where he developed the skills and perseverance to compete as an elite triathlete – and also where he found himself when a rollover accident that ejected him from the car left his body broken, ending his dream of winning an IRONMAN title.
Being authentic is not easy; in fact it is hard. So how do you develop that kind of mature authenticity? And what are the benefits when you do?
How could viewing your crucible not as something that happened to you, but something that happened for you, change the way you chart a course for moving beyond it?