6/27/2023 0 Comments Catching the Sun by Tony Parsons![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jobs buying the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm that became Pixar, Sinatra taking his acting seriously, Ali admitting that he could no longer rely on blinding speed. You also need to be sufficiently flexible - or pragmatic - to try something new. You need enough humility to admit your career is dead in the water, but enough self-belief to start again. Rebooting takes a strange combination of humility and grit. You reboot when you finally know that your career cannot continue on the road that it is on, because this road is a dead end. ![]() You reboot when the future is uncertain and the present is riddled with anxiety. You reboot when you reach that moment of total darkness and despair - a moment that you know in your blood and bones will go on forever unless you find the courage to do something about it. Ali did not choose to lose most of the second half of his twenties because he would not fight in Vietnam.Īlthough it takes enormous bravery, rebooting is always something that is forced upon you. Sinatra did not want to know what it felt like to not have a recording contract. Jobs never wanted to be pushed out of Apple. You need enough humility to admit your career is dead but enough self-belief to start again ![]()
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