Good fortune happens in waves.

Even Taylor Swift can’t make hit records forever but she can have a lot of success ahead in entertainment.

Howard Stern was fired numerous times before he got the break of a lifetime at satellite radio.

Even Richard Nixon, disgraced from Watergate, spent the final years of his life as an elder statesman who wrote numerous books on foreign policy.

No one gets all the good breaks.

Or all the bad breaks.

The secret to rebounding from adversity in our lives is to wait it out no matter how long it takes – and it always feels longer than it is – until you catch the next wave of good fortune with your name on it.

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