The Comeback Is Not a Straight Line
Setbacks inside the recovery are part of the recovery.
Category: Moments
Short real-time updates and posts from Chris — the “Magic Moments” live feed.
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How to Give Feedback to Someone Who Is Struggling
Telling a struggling colleague or friend something hard feels nearly impossible, but silence has costs too. How to decide what needs saying, separate the person from the season and follow up. Read more
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What Spring Migration Teaches About Returning
Every spring, billions of birds make their way back north, often to the exact place they left. Their return journey, made in stages and repeated every year, is a good picture of coming back. Read more
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Humility and the Comeback: Why Pride Slows Recovery
Brittle pride feels like dignity and works like a brake: it refuses help, will not start lower and cannot learn. Humility is mistaken for weakness and is one of the fastest routes back. Read more
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Getting Your Rhythm Back After Travel or Disruption
Even good disruptions break rhythm, and the re-entry period is where many rebuilt routines quietly die. How to plan the landing, restart the anchor habits and triage the backlog. Read more
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Myth vs. Fact: Goal Setting
Some of the most repeated advice about goals does not hold up, and a badly set goal can turn a comeback into another disappointment. Common beliefs about goal setting, and what tends to be true. Read more
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A Letter to Someone Starting Over
Written to anyone standing at the beginning again, whether they chose it or not: about the first strange weeks, the people around you, the voice in your head and the only kind of life anyone gets. Read more
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Why Rituals Help When Routines Break Down
Hard seasons scatter the routines that carry ordinary life. Rituals are different: small, deliberate acts done with meaning that survive chaos and give you something to hold. Read more
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Rainy Day Reserves: Building Resilience Before You Need It
The quiet work of resilience happens before the storm. How to make deposits into four reserves, relationships, habits, margin and meaning, while the weather is calm. Read more
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The Underrated Power of Showing Up Average
Advice celebrates the breakthrough day, but most days are ordinary. The person who learns to show up on average days with average effort ends up far ahead of the one waiting for the extraordinary. Read more
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Running a Post-Mortem That Builds the Team Instead of Blame
A failed project produces one valuable thing: information. A well-run review turns it into shared knowledge; a badly run one becomes a trial. The difference is in how the leader sets it up. Read more