I am resending this article as it struck a chord across my audience. The questions asked are tough to face but if you address them you're be better for it so give this an honest read. Lowering defenses and adopting an open mind are the first steps towards strategic transformation.
You don’t rise by rebuilding what broke you.
I’ve been through it — the personal collapse, the business rebuild, the self-doubt masked as “strategy.”
And I wrote this for every founder, leader, and creative force who’s standing in the ashes — trying to make sense of what just happened.