[LL]: Reframe Adversity: Unlock the Advantage Hiding in Plain Sight
Hey Leader 🙌
Here’s a hard truth that will either set you free or keep you stuck:
Adversity is not your enemy; your interpretation of it is.
This week’s Leadership Lesson is about reframing adversity.Â
I’m borrowing this from a man who faced hell on earth and lived to tell the story, the late Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of Man’s Search for Meaning.
He said the last human freedom is the ability to choose your response. That includes the stories you tell yourself when things go sideways.
Let me be blunt.Â
Most leaders waste time resisting adversity.Â
Great leaders reframe it.
The bad hire.
The lost sale.
The partner who bailed.
The rock-bottom moment you never saw coming.
Every one of those moments can become a leadership lever if you ask three critical questions:
How did this benefit me?
What superpower did I gain?
How am I now better because of this?
Do that, and you’ll stop seeing adversity as a roadblock and start mining it for meaning.
Because there’s always gold in the ashes.
So, like the 4th lever of the Phoenix Transformation teaches: reframe it.
Make it a powerful week.
Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body
The 5 Immutable Rules of Leadership
- Take Extreme Ownership: Everything is your responsibility—even when it’s not your fault.
- Put Your Oxygen Mask On First: Lead yourself before leading others.
- Wield Influence Through Moral Authority: People follow who you are, not what you say.
- It’s Not About You—Never Was, Never Will Be: Elevate others, build legacy.
- Turn Adversity Into Advantage: Pain is your power—use it.
