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When the rug gets pulled

26 October 2026

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When the rug gets pulled

All was well.

The promotion. The plan. The five-year view.

And then life pulled the rug.

(Anyone who knows the rhyme knows Jack falls down at some point.)

What helped you most when the rug went from under you?

#Leadership #Wellbeing #LeadershipCoaching

Maya Angelou put it beautifully: “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

When my marriage ended, I felt the weight of it deeply. I could not change what had happened. I could influence what happened next. I share more in The Wellbeing Field Manual (The Agency).

Aaron Turner and I explored this in “Change from out of the blue”.