Failure as a Paradigm Shift: Why Setbacks Shape the ACT Stage of LEAP

About this episode

Rod and Kerry discuss how failure is a crucial part of the success process and how reframing setbacks can enhance personal growth.

In this episode of the LIMITLESS Podcast, Rod and Kerry dig deep into why failure isn’t the opposite of success, it’s the process that creates it. Anchored in the ACT stage of the LEAP framework, they explore how taking action inevitably brings setbacks, and how reframing those moments as teachers can transform your growth journey. Through mountaineering close-calls, marathon lessons, and stories of both professional and personal failures, Rod and Kerry share candidly about what they’ve learn...

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Hosts: Rod Price, Kerry McCarter

Topics covered

• failure
• success
• growth
• setbacks
• LEAP framework
• mountaineering
• marathon

Keywords

• failure
• success
• setbacks
• growth journey
• LEAP framework
• mountaineering
• marathon lessons

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