One of the challenges in making predictions is being blindsided by items you could never have seen coming. Before last year, imagine someone telling you the country would be shut down for months, you could not go to a restaurant or church service for months, college basketball would stop the week before March Madness, and most schools would be closed for months (or in some cases, a year). Plus, imagine hearing riots would break out in major cities across the country and the U.S. House of Representatives would be stormed and temporarily occupied, 10 major hurricanes would make landfall, large portions of the West would suffer from catastrophic fires, and the list goes on. I am sure you would think that person was an idiot or was in need of major psychological assistance. When you look at my predictions for 2020, written last January, they seem fairly mundane and reasonable in retrospect.
Being a critic or having the benefit of hindsight is much easier in times like we are currently experiencing. I like to think anyone can lead a company during good times and real leadership is required in challenging times. Your business survival in 2020 proves you have added to your leadership skillset and have the ability to adapt to unusual and unknown circumstances. The ultimate person you will become years from now is the result of the experiences, successes, and failures you encounter between now and then.