How to Break the Pattern You've Been Trying to Fix for Years

About this episode

The episode explores why driven leaders struggle to break free from persistent patterns despite their efforts and how to address the underlying issues.

Send us Fan Mail You can be the kind of person who runs toward the work and still feel trapped in the same loop. That tension is what we unpack here: why smart, driven leaders and coaches can read the books, hire the mentors, try the strategies, and still hit the same wall. When effort doesn’t produce change, it usually isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a “wrong level” problem. We dig into the difference between technical problems (what to do) and adaptive problems (how you think, what you bel...

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Hosts: Marc Hildebrand, Teresa Hildebrand

Topics covered

• personal development
• leadership
• coaching
• problem-solving
• adaptive challenges

Keywords

• leadership
• coaching
• adaptive problems
• technical problems
• personal growth

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