Depth Check

Depth Check is a free weekly newsletter for leaders who sense there's a gap between their external success and internal experience. Each issue explores one pattern-a specific way that high-achievers unconsciously limit their own impact.

Unlike traditional leadership development content that focuses on skills and tactics, Depth Check addresses the root cause: identity misalignment. Research shows that 73% of performance issues stem from identity-based patterns rather than capability gaps. These patterns-what we call “borrowed armor”-were adaptive once. They protected you. Now they're holding you back.

Each Depth Check includes: a self-diagnostic question that reveals a specific pattern, the psychology behind why this pattern exists, and one practical exercise to begin shifting it. The goal isn't motivation-it's awareness that leads to sustainable change.

Depth Check is created by Binil Chacko, founder of Empower Potential and author of Borrowed Armor: How to Win as Yourself. It's part of THE DESCENT methodology-a research-backed approach to identity-first leadership transformation.