Kids are incredible at one thing adults forgot how to do: reset fast.
A tantrum ends, and thirty seconds later they’re laughing.
A scraped knee ruins the moment…but not the day.
They don’t replay the mistake. They don’t spiral.
They reset.
But adults? We carry things.
Bad traffic infects the whole morning.
One missed workout convinces you you’re slipping.
One small mistake becomes a three-day funk.
The problem isn’t the situation—life will always throw something.
The problem is the lag: the time between the stumble and the reset.
World-class athletes are masters of the fast reset.
The fighter who gets dropped.
The quarterback who throws a pick.
The pitcher who gives up a bomb.
The goalie who gets scored on.
They don’t linger. They reset. Immediately.
Resetting is a skill.
And like all skills, it strengthens with practice.
No drama.
No self-punishment.
No rewriting your identity.
Just: Learn. Adjust. Forward.
You can’t move ahead if you’re stuck replaying what already happened.
Shorten the lag, and you unlock a stronger, calmer, more dangerous version of yourself.