The Power of Crisis: Personal Transformation and New Opportunities in Difficult Times

If you've picked up this book, you may be experiencing a crisis right now. Perhaps it’s problems at work or in business, fear of aging or illness, the loss of a loved one, or an indescribable feeling related to the loss of life direction. Going through a crisis is hard, and you likely feel hopeless or even despairing. Business coach and psychologist, author of several bestsellers Leonid Krol says that there is no «magic pill» to get out of a crisis.

If your current crisis makes you feel insignificant and unnecessary, or blames yourself for any mistakes, or worry—these feelings have always existed within you. It’s just that earlier, external circumstances were more favorable and you were better protected from your inner dragon. The crisis situation strips away familiar defenses, exposing vulnerable spots. The states that used to come rarely and didn’t bother you much are now impossible to ignore.

To overcome it, you need to understand yourself, but this will require time and effort. He offers an authorial coaching methodology that will help identify the «dragon»—the main pain point of your crisis, learn how to deal with it, find the strength for change within yourself, and move in a new direction. On this path, you will be aided by step-by-step instructions and exercises that can be done while reading the book or as needed.

You bring to light those character traits, characteristics, familiar feelings and states that led you specifically to your individual crisis, and through constant conscious contact with them, you weaken their tension, shake the involuntary nature of your reactions. You gain the opportunity to grow something new alongside what you already have—old feelings, thoughts, habits.

Do you see what's happening? Desires, dreams—it's not always simple. In words, at the level of generalizations, we all want to «get out of the crisis.» But we still don’t see exactly where we are going. Desires are our greatest treasures and guiding stars. I don’t want to say, like some coaches, that wanting is all we need. But the fact is that detailed, specific, well-processed desires can become a powerful engine for moving forward.

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For all those who are experiencing a crisis or want to better understand themselves.