CHAPTER 13

Even Michael Jordan Paused

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

—MICHAEL JORDAN

At this moment, I’ll bet you’re saying to yourself, “Adam, you daft fool, I can’t pause! Pause? My business is being disrupted, I have to grind every single day just to stay in the same spot. If I “pause,” then my business, job, career, team, and so on will cease to exist.”

OK. That’s fair. I’ve heard that before. But you want to be change proof. You want the kind of resilience that’s there when you need it for as long as you’re around. You want that for yourself and your business too. You want to be built to last. That’s what being resilient is all about.

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