Hardship—the Great Life Equalizer

Research shows the following information;

Hardship affects the wealthy and the poor; the young and the old; the corporate CEO and the teacher in a one-room school. “The human condition guarantees that each life will encounter natural and largely unpredictable trauma. . . . Leadership, by its very nature, is entwined with adversity†(Stoner & Gilligan, 2002, p.17).

Given this sober dose of reality, the question that begs to be answered i