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When I started applying what Iāve learned to my author business, it wasnāt a grand reinvention but a reclamation. I had spent years reading, experimenting, and accumulating knowledge. But unorganized and unused knowledge is like a cluttered atticāpotential, yes, but also stagnation. The shift came when I stopped
trying to chase every shiny new tactic and started to focus on what mattered: the mission of telling stories that resonate, inspire, and challenge from a āMarksmanā perspective.
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If youāre searching for clarity, hereās the paradox you must embrace: clarity doesnāt come before actionāit comes through action. Most people wait to feel ready. They wait for the perfect plan, the perfect moment. But life
doesnāt wait for you to feel certain. You have to move, and the movement itself sharpens your vision.
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The problem is weāve been taught to fear mistakes. But mistakes are natureās compass, the only reliable guide in the unpredictable terrain of life. A successful comeback isnāt about avoiding failure but learning to navigate by it. You donāt need to know exactly where youāre goingāyou just need to
take the next step and be willing to adjust.
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One of the most counterintuitive lessons Iāve learned is that people who achieve great things donāt have fewer distractions or struggles than the rest of us. They simply stop trying to avoid them. They know that lifeās interruptionsāwhether itās a crying child, a financial setback, or a sudden health scareāare not detours from the journey but part of
it.
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This is why your comeback canāt rely on rigid plans or fixed routines. Life doesnāt respect them. Instead, build rituals that ground you in your mission. As I mentioned last week, every morning begins with a simple question inspired by Mary Oliverās The Summer Day: What do I plan to do with my one wild and precious life? Itās not a call to cram more into my day. Itās a reminder to
do what matters most.
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Your mission doesnāt have to be grand. It doesnāt have to change the world. But it does need to pull you out of the narrow, repetitive cycle of living as a servant to someone elseās system. Your mission should demand that you expand - learn more, fail more, and stretch into areas you never imagined.
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Making the greatest comeback of your life isnāt about finding your āone true path.ā Itās about abandoning the idea that such a path exists. Itās about seeing life as an ecosystem, not a single track. Everything you do feeds into everything else. When I sit down to write, Iām not just writing. Iām pulling from relationships, books, comics, random conversations, and quiet moments of reflection.
Your life is the
same. Every experience, every failure, and every success is the raw material for your comeback. You donāt need permission to start. You donāt need a roadmap. You need to choose movement over stagnation and trust that the path will reveal itself.
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And when it does, youāll realise the comeback was never about returning to who you were. Itās about stepping fully into who youāve been becoming all
along.
Peace, love and power.
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