Why Does Adversity Reveal Character Instead of Building It? | John R. Miles - EP 765
Adversity doesn't build character—it reveals it. This episode argues that our greatest struggles strip away the performative layers of identity, exposing our true baseline self, and that transformation begins not through addition but through the painful, necessary process of subtraction.
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