Happy Monday!
Last week, we learned the 4 moves on how to Turn Adversity Into Your Advantage.
Today, I’m going to hit on #1:
Embrace It!
How do you do this?
To truly change, you must hit rock bottom.
Sads bad, which it is.
However, rock bottom is a gift.
It doesn’t feel like it in the moment, but it’s the catalyst for change.
The starting point of turning adversity into your advantage…
Is to be willing to actually feel it.
To stop hovering, avoiding, explaining, or defending—and finally say:
“Enough is enough.”
Here’s what I’ve learned:
You don’t change when it gets hard.
You change when it gets too hard.
When you hit that moment of internal pain that forces clarity.
And here’s the process I’ve lived:
You hit rock bottom.
That pain creates the burn—your anti-mission.
The thing you’re running from—and the reason you won’t go back.
And then… You can finally surrender the ego.
You stop trying to prove.
You start trying to change.
For me, my self-leadership rock bottom moment came in front of a mirror—when I decided to stop drinking in December of 2016.
That was the burn.
That was the anti-mission:
Break the bloodline of alcoholism.
And from that moment forward, I saw everything differently.
It wasn’t logical.
It was emotional.
And it gave me the fuel I needed to grow.
I finally embraced the truth I’d been avoiding.
And the second I let go of my ego, that’s when the growth loop began.
So ask yourself:
“What change do I already know I need to make… but I’ve been avoiding?”
Because that internal conflict?
That’s your rock bottom whispering.
And when you embrace it, you move from stuck… to free.
Adversity is Your Advantage,
Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body
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