{"id":23080,"date":"2018-08-22T19:26:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T23:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=23080"},"modified":"2018-08-22T19:26:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T23:26:44","slug":"11-things-it-takes-to-have-a-comeback-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2018\/08\/22\/11-things-it-takes-to-have-a-comeback-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Things It Takes To Have A Comeback In Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everybody falls down.<\/strong> \u00a0All leaders fail at some point in their life. \u00a0The ability to respond to failure forms the foundation for your leadership success. \u00a0So when a lack of success comes, the question becomes how do you have a comeback in your life?<\/p>\n<p>In the August 22nd edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">USA Today<\/a>, Houston Texans superstar defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2017\/09\/03\/17-lessons-from-j-j-watts-hurricane-harvey-fundraising-effort-on-generosity-and-leadership\/\">J.J. Watt<\/a>\u00a0was profiled. \u00a0Watt was the\u00a02015 Defensive Player of the Year but has played in only eight games since due to a rash of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>How Watt is responding to adversity in his life was the subject of the article. \u00a0As I read the story, I gleaned\u00a0<strong>11 Things It Takes To Have A Comeback In Your Life<\/strong>. \u00a0These lessons are going to encourage and inspire someone today.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Actions Speak Louder Than Words When Having A Comeback In Your Life<\/strong> – Watt said, “I could say whatever I want. \u00a0I could say I’m going to have an incredible season. \u00a0I could say I’m going to have a terrible season. \u00a0It doesn’t matter what I say. \u00a0It matters what I do.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comebacks Don’t Just Happen. \u00a0You Must Show Up Every Single Day. \u00a0Passivity Will Not Equal Comebacks.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0– “So for me it’s going to practice every day”<\/li>\n<li><strong>To Have A Comeback In Your Life You Must Focus On Getting Better Every Single Day<\/strong> – “focusing on what I have to do to get better.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Effort Is Required To Have A Comeback In Your Life<\/strong> – Teammate Tyrann Mathieu said, “His effort is unmatched. \u00a0I realize why he’s so special… Just seeing him show up and put in all the work, it’s special to see.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>You Must Overcome Mental Hurdles To Have A Comeback In Your Life<\/strong> – “There’s a lot of mental hurdles that you have to climb.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>There Are Dark Days When Attempting A Comeback<\/strong> – “You go through some very dark days”<\/li>\n<li><strong>You Question Everything During Comebacks<\/strong> – “where you question everything.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>There Is Beauty In The Comeback. \u00a0There Is Beauty In The Redemption Story.<\/strong> \u00a0– “When you look back at it you realize there’s definitely beauty in the struggle.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>It Is Hard To See The Beauty While You Are In The Process Of Coming Back<\/strong> – “It’s hard to see when you’re in it.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>You Will Appreciate The Journey When You Experienced A Comeback<\/strong> – “But when you look back at it, you appreciate what you went through”<\/li>\n<li><strong>You Will Appreciate The People In Your Life When You Experienced A Comeback –\u00a0<\/strong>“and the people that helped you to get on the other side.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What is one thing you learned from J.J. Watt’s experience which will make you a better leader?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&id=9cf0d32f3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1269.png?resize=250%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"1269\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&id=9cf0d32f3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0or on the image to the left and as a free gift for subscribing to this site, you can receive\u00a0my new Ebook\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&id=9cf0d32f3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em><strong>1269 Leadership Quotes: Timeless Truths From 2016\u2019s Top Christian Leadership Conferences<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. \u00a0Featured are the Johnny Hunt Mens Conference, ReThink Leadership, Orange and Leadercast Conferences among others. \u00a0If applied, these insights will make you an exponentially better leader. \u00a0Enjoy!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody falls down. \u00a0All leaders fail at some point in their life. \u00a0The ability to respond to failure forms the foundation for your leadership success. \u00a0So when a lack of success comes, the question becomes how do you have a comeback in your life? In the August 22nd edition of USA Today, Houston Texans superstar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-23080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-leadership","tag-j-j-watt"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/failure_1534980370.jpg?fit=1280%2C721&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23082,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23080\/revisions\/23082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}