Coming back
You can’t skip the fall on the way to the rise.
For there’s one moment on that curve that decides everything.
There’s a specific kind of low that comes with failure, one where you lie awake replaying every decision that led you there.
The self-doubt creeps in fast, and it convinces you that this time might actually be the one you don’t come back from.
But the comeback starts somewhere inside that low, long before it looks like one from the outside.
It’s just impossible to see that while you’re still in it.
This is what that shape looks like, stage by stage👇
📉 The Fall
↳ Denial, self-blame, and doubt aren’t signs you can’t handle it. They’re just the standard sequence everyone runs through.
⚖️ The Decision
↳ This is the only point in the whole process you actually control. Everything after depends on what happens here.
📈 The Rise
↳ Clarity replaces panic, and the same fear that stopped you starts to feel manageable enough to act through.
Every stage down that curve does something for you later.
The denial, the blame, the doubt, all of it teaches you what to watch for next time.
So by the time you reach the decision point, you already know more than you did before the fall.
The failure isn’t the opposite of the comeback.
It’s often the building block of it.
Save this for the next time you’re somewhere on that curve.
What’s one decision that pulled you out of your last fall?
Gareth Lloyd lives in Singapore
Gareth Lloyd – Building a Healthier Future | Co-Founder @ Truly Nuts & White Lion Foods | Serial Entrepreneur | Sustainability Advocate | Investing in Health, Wealth & Earth 🌍
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