This is the first newsletter in 26 editions that I almost didn’t send. I do admit I feel I’m slipping and getting closer and closer to the day I’m gonna miss one, but that’s part of the process.

But before we get into that, today’s conundrum:

A man and his wife raced through the streets. They stopped and the husband got out of the car. When he returned, his wife was dead and there was a stranger in the car. What happened?

As usual, answer at the end.

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If you’re not failing, you’re not growing

I know I’ve talked about planning to fail in another newsletter. About hitting rock bottom.

But today I wanna talk about about having bad days and learning from them. We all have bad days.

Today was a bad one for me. I’m writing this newsletter in the shadow of defeat and it’s not a comfortable place.

You’ve probably read thousands of pieces on how failure makes you stronger. Those are true.

But they rarely talk about HOW it makes you stronger.

It breaks you down and allows you to rebuild yourself.

Problem is, breaking down is painful. It’s messy and unclean. It’s not as spectacular as we see in the movies.

But the outcome is what matters. So do your time, go through the ugly steps and come out the unicorn you deserve to be on the other side.

That’s what managing a bad day is about.

Answer: the wife was about to have a baby. The husband and wife drove to the hospital. The husband left to get a wheelchair but the baby was born in the meantime. The wife did not survive the birth.