Comeback: Overcoming the Setbacks in Your Life
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On the field of life, we all experience setbacksbad decisions, job loss, divorce, health problems. Even countries around the world have experienced an economic setback due to the recession. Though we all experience setbacks, no one wants to take a step back. The good news is that a comeback is possible for anyone. Rick McDaniel will show you causes for your setbacks and lessons you can learn from them. He will help you to get ready for your comeback and guide you to the components and steps needed to make it happen. Along the way, he will share many inspiring stories of comebacks. Too many people allow their setback to be a step back. McDaniel will teach you setbacks do not control your life. If you have experienced a setback and are ready for your comeback, then this is for you.
Rick McDaniel
Rick McDaniel is a food historian, chef and journalist. He has contributed to the Asheville Citzen-Times and wrote An Irresitible History of Southern Food. McDaniel has served as a judge for the James Beard awards and a consultant to Food Network shows and Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations on the Travel Channel. Julie Stehling is the co-owner of Early Girl Eatery and King Daddy's Chicken and Waffle in Asheville, NC. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Appalachian Sustainable Argriculture Project.
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Comeback - Rick McDaniel
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Author Bio
To my sons Matt and Wes:
Even though you are young men,
you already know comebacks are possible.
Acknowledgments
I am blessed with many great people in my life. The staff at Richmond Community Church supports me as I pursue sharing God’s message with a larger audience. Maria Harwood has helped me work with WestBow/Thomas Nelson Publishers. Matt McGhan has produced the perfect cover for this book. My wife, Michelle, continues to encourage me to follow my dreams.
Introduction
Comebacks are possible; in fact, they happen all the time. Yet, if you have had a setback, a comeback may seem impossible to you. This book is about the reality of a comeback, and that it can begin for you today. If you are willing to put into practice the principles in this book, you will overcome the setback in your life. You can have an incredible comeback!
I live in Richmond, Virginia, and we had a front row seat to one of the best comebacks in recent memory. Virginia Commonwealth University had ended their 2011 college basketball season poorly. The team lost five of their last eight games and finished fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association. They did do well in the conference tournament but lost in the championship game. The program was successful in recent years, so this was certainly a setback. They did not have high hopes for making the NCAA tournament, so they did not even gather together as a team on Selection Sunday.
But they were selected amidst much controversy, having to play in one of the newly created play-in games. The VCU basketball team decided a comeback was in order. They reeled off five straight wins in the tournament against highly ranked teams, including number-one seed Kansas and ended up making the Final Four. VCU had never made the Final Four and considering the ending to their season, this was a comeback for the ages (at least in Richmond).
Apple is one of the most profitable and highly regarded companies in the world; it is hard to imagine a company that is doing better or has a brighter future. The 2001 release of the iPod has changed how people listen to music, the 2007 release of the iPhone has changed how people use cellular phones, and the 2010 release of the iPad is changing how people use all forms of media. These impressive products sell at phenomenal rates, and this is on top of Apple’s line of personal computers that has a very loyal customer base. Yet in 1997, Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy. Apple was in desperate need of a comeback, so Steve Jobs returned to the company and lead them from setback to comeback.
The Los Angeles Lakers won back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and 2010, but not too long ago, things were much different in Tinsel Town. In 2006 and 2007, the Lakers lost in the playoffs, and their star, Kobe Bryant, was ready to leave the team. Those setbacks brought Bryant to the lowest depths of disappointment in his career. The discouraging defeats lead the Lakers to make roster changes and redouble their intensity that resulted in their comeback championship seasons.
Our entire country has experienced an economic setback. The impact of what has happened is unprecedented in our generation. Declines in consumer spending, which occurred in 2008 and 2009, were the first consecutive declines since the 1930s. Since World War II, annual consumption spending had only fallen twice before in 1974 and 1980. Unemployment is at levels not seen in over a generation. We need a massive financial comeback. Two hundred and eighty thousand jobs need to be added each month for the next five years to get us back to pre-recession employment levels. But an economic recovery is faltering. Though there are many technical explanations, the recovery comes down to psychology. Only if Americans believe in a comeback can it happen—the recovery is a creature of consumer confidence.
An individual comeback is what this book is ultimately about. There are many incredible, inspiring examples in the chapters to come. But one of the most recent is Michael Vick. He was a fantastic college football player who almost singlehandedly led Virginia Tech to the national championship game. His pro career with the Atlanta Falcons was not as successful, but certainly he was one of a few true game-changing players in the NFL. His personal fortune grew exponentially, as he had a huge contract plus lucrative endorsements, especially with sports powerhouse Nike. Yet the discovery of a dog-fighting ring that he financed and sponsored landed him in prison. He spent eighteen months in prison and more than that time away from football. When he was released from prison, he signed on with the Philadelphia Eagles (the only NFL team that offered him a contract) as a backup quarterback, and many questioned whether he would ever again be successful. But in 2010, Vick not only became the Eagles starting QB, but he also led them to the NFC East title.
So comebacks are possible—even probable—with the right information. If you are ready for your comeback, let’s go!
Chapter 1
Reasons for a Setback
Life is full of setbacks. You cannot avoid them, no matter what you do, no matter who you are; even Tiger Woods and Lindsay Lohan know that. You can, however, avoid taking a step back when obstacles come. The challenge is knowing how you can overcome your setback.
How do you overcome a job loss?
How do you overcome health issues?
How do you overcome divorce?
How do you overcome financial problems?
How do you overcome the loss of a loved one?
How do you take a setback and make a comeback?
In 2001, Sports Illustrated published an article entitled, Bouncing Back Big Time
where they listed their Top Ten Comebacks of all Time. You would think the comebacks would all have been sports related, but they were not. In fact, the article listed Elvis Presley when he had his television special in 1968 and how that was the beginning of his comeback in popularity. The article talked about how President Truman beat Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election when Dewey was favored in all the polls. Some newspapers had already printed that Dewey was the new president, but Truman made a great comeback, winning the presidency. The article also mentioned Japan and Germany making great comebacks from their World War II defeats, reviving their economies and regaining their world-leader status. However, sports comebacks were included, of course, listing Michael Jordan returning to basketball after retirement and his baseball career to win more championships and Muhammad Ali coming back after several years out of boxing to take back the heavyweight title.
The Greatest Comeback of All Time
All of those comebacks were not their number-one comeback of all time however. Sports Illustrated said that the top comeback of all time was Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
It