Ep 257 The Things We Hide: The Walls You Built to Survive Are Limiting Your Leadership

What You Hide Controls You Most leaders don't realize they're hiding anything. Most call it drive, standards, or even professionalism. But underneath every wall a leader builds — the intensity, the distance, the silence, the stillness — is a wound that never got named. In this episode, host Tyler Dickerhoof reads from the opening chapters of his new book, The Things We Hide — including the foreword written by John C. Maxwell — and takes you inside the moments that built his own walls. A brother's death at fourteen. Years of rejection and ridicule. The slow, quiet decision to stop letting people in. This episode covers: Why the things leaders hide don't stay hidden, they show up in every room, relationship, and decision The four walls leaders build from their fears and insecurities: Intensity, Insensitivity, Isolation, and Inactivity How to identify your core insecurity and why naming it is the most powerful thing you can do Why your greatest growth won't come from doing more; only from being more yourself This episode is a window into the work — raw, honest, and closer to home than most leaders are comfortable with. The Things We Hide is available now wherever books are sold. Or grab it here: https://www.tylerdickerhoof.com/book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices