PILLAR 13
Staying in Position
They say success leaves clues, but so does failure. I can easily connect the dots to my success, and I can also connect the dots to my failures. Dwelling on your failures is never helpful but learning from them is. Here is an example from my personal life.
When I was 33, I—a man who had been committed to my family for a decade—decided that I wanted a divorce. It was my decision; it was my idea. We had been going through some rough patches, some family issues, and some in-law drama, and I decided I wanted out. I was subscribing to my failures, and I was participating in my failure. It was all my doing. I pushed for a 24-month separation and a more than $300,000 divorce that never even happened. After just 6 months ...
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