Rise Every Time You Fall

Nelson Mandela once said, “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

If you’re in the 4th Quarter, you know exactly what that means.
We’ve all taken hits. 
Careers that didn’t go as planned, 
partnerships that ended, 
ventures that fizzled, or health scares that stopped us cold. 

The game doesn’t always go our way.
But the truth is,  falling isn’t failure. 
Giving up is.

Every one of us in the 4th Quarter has scars. 
We’ve been laid off, overlooked, or underestimated. 
We’ve had to start again when we thought we were past that point. 
And yet, we’re still here. 
Still moving. 
Still playing the game. 

That’s what Mandela was talking about.

Rising after a fall isn’t about pretending it didn’t hurt. 
It’s about getting back up smarter. Wiser. Tougher. 
It’s using every bruise as data. 
Every loss as a lesson.

Because in this stage of life, resilience is the real competitive edge.
We don’t bounce back like we used to, but we do learn faster.
More intentionally. 
More effectively.

The people I admire most aren’t the ones who never fell. 
They’re the ones who refused to stay down. 
They got knocked down, caught their breath, and said, “Alright. Let’s go!”

That’s the spirit of the 4th Quarter.
We’ve got the experience, the perspective, and the endurance to rise again (and again, if necessary)

Let’s make this chapter our strongest yet.

So, if you’ve been hit hard lately, take a deep breath.
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off.

“Because your greatest glory isn’t that you never fell. It’s that you keep getting back up.”