Dec '25 • General discussion
Closing 2025. Entering 2026.
As this Skool year closes, I want to be clear about what this space is—and what it asks of you moving forward.
Defying Despair: The Work was never built for motivation.
It was built for maintenance, repair, and leadership under pressure.
2025 was about interruption.
Interrupting collapse.
Interrupting autopilot.
Interrupting the idea that change requires force.
Many of you didn’t “transform.”
You stabilized.
You stayed.
You learned how to remain present when old patterns wanted to pull you backward.
That matters.
This platform exists to support personal development across capacity, not personality:
• Entry-level courses to rebuild emotional awareness and self-trust
• Intermediate practices to strengthen consistency, discipline, and relational integrity
• Advanced work for those ready to lead themselves—and others—without abandoning who they are
Nothing here is designed for performance.
Everything here is designed for application.
As we move into 2026, the focus sharpens.
The A.D.V.I.C.E. Leadership Lab is not a mindset course.
It is not theory.
It is not inspiration.
It is a structured leadership system built around:
Accountability. Discipline. Vision. Integrity. Communication. Empathy.
This is where personal growth becomes behavioral leadership.
Where emotional steadiness becomes decision-making capacity.
Where insight turns into repeatable action.
2026 is not about becoming someone new.
It’s about leading as who you already are—consistently, responsibly, and without collapse.
If you’re still here, it means something in you is ready to move forward with intention.
Stay present.
Choose your tier deliberately.
Engage the work honestly.
We’re not chasing change.
We’re building the capacity to sustain it.
— Adam May, MS
Founder, Defying Despair: The Work
Creator, A.D.V.I.C.E. Leadership Lab
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