The Mettle Principle: Pressure Forms Identity Metal becomes stronger when it’s tested by heat.Mettle — your inner strength — is revealed the same way. Pressure doesn’t break a leader.Pressure introduces them to who they really are. Your reactions under stress show you: - Your default mindset - Your decision-making patterns - Your emotional resilience - Your discipline curve - Your real identity, not your imagined one If you avoid pressure, you avoid the very experiences that shape you into someone capable of carrying abundance, responsibility, leadership, wealth, and destiny.