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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Dealing With Envy When Everyone Else Seems to Be Winning
Other people’s good news can land hard when you are rebuilding. Envy is ordinary, not shameful, and handled honestly it can tell you what you actually want. Read more
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How to Deliver Bad News Well
Every leader eventually has to tell people something they do not want to hear. How you prepare, say it and follow through shapes whether trust survives the conversation. Read more
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Handling a Setback in Front of Your Kids
Children notice more than we think, and how a parent handles a hard season becomes a template they carry for years. How to be honest, steady and human when things go wrong at home. Read more
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What Underdog Teams Teach About Believing Before the Evidence
Every March, a lower seed knocks out a favorite and the country talks about it for days. The lessons from those upsets apply to anyone attempting a comeback against the odds. Read more
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Plateaus Explained: Why Progress Stalls and How to Move Through It
Fast early gains, then nothing. The plateau is one of the most misunderstood stages of any comeback. Here is what is really happening underneath, and four ways to get moving again. Read more
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The One-Page Comeback Plan: A Simple Template
Big recoveries do not need big documents. This one-page template asks the few hard questions that matter and leaves you with something clear enough to act on tomorrow morning. Read more
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How to Keep a Bad Week From Becoming a Bad Month
Rough weeks happen to everyone. The real risk is the slide that follows. Here is how to put a boundary around a hard week, restore one anchor habit and keep the story from spreading. Read more
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Mud Season: When Progress Looks Like a Mess
Between winter and spring comes a stretch of thaw that no one photographs. People who live with mud season know it is not a setback. It is what progress looks like when the ground is still soft. Read more
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Losing an Hour: What Daylight Saving Time Teaches About Adjusting to Change
Every March, most of the country springs its clocks forward and spends a week feeling off. That small, predictable disruption is a surprisingly good model for handling bigger changes. Read more
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Why the Spring Equinox Makes a Natural Reset Point
Around March 20, day and night come into balance and spring officially begins. Here is why that date works better than January for many fresh starts, and how to use it. Read more