by Krystal Gail | Jul 27, 2026 | Newsletter
Believing Is Seeing There’s a line from an old Christmas movie that has stuck with me for years. An elf turns to a very confused Tim Allen, who’s just been told he’s the new Santa Claus, and tells him: “Seeing isn’t believing....
by Krystal Gail | Jul 27, 2026 | Newsletter
Seeing Isn’t Believing. Believing Is Seeing. Last summer I went to my 50th high school reunion. I caught up with guys I hadn’t stood in the same room with in five decades. The faces had changed. The waistlines had changed. The stories and the camaraderie...
by Krystal Gail | Jul 27, 2026 | Newsletter
The Line I Keep Coming Back To Failure isn’t fatal — unless you quit. That doesn’t mean you never stop. Sometimes stopping is the right call. Confusing stubbornness with resilience is its own failure mode. What it means is this: failure only ends you if...
by Krystal Gail | Jul 27, 2026 | Newsletter
Building the Muscle Here is where philosophy meets practice. If resilience is a muscle,how do you train it? Reframe what failure means. Failure is information. It is the gap between your plan and reality giving you data you didn’t have before. The leaders who...
by Krystal Gail | Jul 27, 2026 | Newsletter
What Resilience Actually Is We use the word resilience like everyone knows what it means. Most people don’t — not precisely. Here is a working definition worth keeping: Resilience is the capacity to absorb disruption, maintain function under pressure, and...
by Krystal Gail | Jul 27, 2026 | Newsletter
Where Have You Quit Three Feet From Gold? Let me tell you about a favor that went sideways. Years ago, when I was a young Army officer, my housemate had a Fiat with a failing clutch. I had been wrenching on my own car — replaced the carburetor, swapped the exhaust —...