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Shrink the Comeback: What Consistency Really Means
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What if consistency doesn’t mean never stopping?
What if it means always being willing to come back?
After an unexpected two-and-a-half-week absence caused by surgery, complications, and a much more difficult recovery than anticipated, Robert returns to The 10-Minute Advantage with a lesson learned from being forced off course.
When life interrupts the plan, we often make restarting harder than it needs to be. We think we need to make up for lost time, recover everything we missed, or come back stronger than ever.
We don’t.
In this special episode, Robert explores a different definition of consistency—one built not around perfect streaks, but around the willingness to return. You’ll learn why the longer we wait, the heavier the next step can feel, and why one of the best things you can do after a setback is simply shrink the comeback.
One action. One decision. One step forward.
Because getting knocked off course doesn’t determine what happens next.
Coming back does.
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