No. 01 (12) | 31.03.2026

Dear Readers,

There are moments in life when something “breaks” or “shifts” within us — not always dramatically, sometimes quietly, almost imperceptibly. These may be boundary experiences: loss, illness, crisis, breakdown. But just as often, they are less obvious moments — an encounter that stays with us, a decision made against our past patterns, a failure that strips away illusions, or a success that, instead of fulfillment, brings the question: “is this really what it’s about?”

In such moments, life ceases to be a straight line. It begins to resemble a zigzag — full of pauses, returns, suspensions, and sudden changes of direction. And although from the outside it may look like chaos, from within it is often the beginning of ordering.

This issue is devoted precisely to what matters most in experience: not what happened, but what happened within us afterward.

Let us read this issue as a process: experience — insight — decision — practice. Experience is the starting point — often unwanted, yet initiating change. Insight brings a shift in perspective, although it is not always truth; it can also be a narrative. Decision gives direction and introduces responsibility, even if it remains invisible externally. Practice, in turn, is the only real test — it is in action that we see whether anything has truly changed.

The collected texts form a story about maturation — both personal and organizational. They show how formative experiences transform the way we understand ourselves and others, our relationship with responsibility and boundaries, our leadership style, decision-making, and the language we use to describe reality.

Because if:

• experience can shape us (Kozakiewicz, p. 6),
• giving requires awareness and boundaries (Wulczyńska-Dąbrowa, p. 10),
• resources can be discovered even in the face of difficulty (Stępień, p. 16),
• leadership requires integrating relationships, results, and context (Janulek, p. 22),
• we change the way we think about ourselves (Janulek, p. 28),
• difficulty can become a gift (Stępień, p. 32),
• and success is a consequence of direction (Habersack, p. 36) —

then the next question is:
what of this has actually been implemented?

We place in your hands an issue that does not offer ready-made answers. Instead, it raises questions: what in our experience was truly formative, whether insight translates into action, and where in the process we are today. Because perhaps what matters most is not what has happened to us — but what we have done with it and what we continue to do.