The Anatomy of a Resurrection: Why Your Crisis is a Strategic Advantage
The False Diagnosis
If you are reading this, it is because you suspect that something in your life has fundamentally broken.
Maybe the career you built for twenty years vanished overnight. Maybe the woman you thought was your teammate became a stranger. Maybe you looked in the mirror this morning and didn't recognize the man looking back.
The world will tell you that you are having a "crisis." They will give you a diagnosis of depression, burnout, or bad luck.
I am here to give you a different diagnosis.
You are not having a crisis. You are experiencing a System Failure. The operating system you have been running your life on - the hustle, the people-pleasing, the external validation - has finally crashed because it was flawed code.
And that crash is not a tragedy. It is the most important tactical advantage you will ever be given.
The Poly-Crisis
I know this because I lived it. In November 2023, I experienced a synchronized demolition of every pillar in my life.
Relational: An avoidant discard that left me with no closure.
Professional: A seven-figure contract collapse that wiped out my identity.
Familial: A cancer diagnosis that threatened my bedrock.
Brotherhood: A betrayal by the people I thought were my shield wall.
I found myself on my kitchen floor, physically unable to stand. In that moment, I realized I couldn't "fix" it. I couldn't hustle my way out. I had to let the old man die so the new one could be born.
The Integrity Gap
Why do high-achieving men end up on the floor? It isn't because they are weak. It is because they are insolvent.
Imagine you have a bank account called Self-Trust.
Every time you keep a promise to yourself ("I'll work out"), you make a deposit ($1).
Every time you break a promise ("I'll start tomorrow"), you make a withdrawal ($-100).
Most men are millions of dollars in debt to themselves. You have broken so many small promises that your soul no longer trusts a word you say. When the crisis hits, you try to write a check for Resilience, and it bounces.
Protocol Zero
You cannot motivate your way out of debt. You have to pay it back. The Resurrection Protocol is built on a simple biological truth: Action precedes Belief.
You cannot think your way into a new identity. You have to build evidence. You start with Protocol Zero:
Make one laughably small promise today (Drink a gallon of water; Do 10 pushups; Read 5 pages)
Keep it
Do it again tomorrow
That is your first $1 deposit. That is how the resurrection begins.
Sovereignty
The goal of this work is not to get you "back to normal." Normal is what got you here. Normal is broken.
The goal is Sovereignty. A Sovereign Man is a man whose validation comes from within - from his integrity, his discipline, and his God - not from his job title or his relationship status.
The fire you are in right now is not there to kill you. It is there to burn away everything that wasn't you, so the Sovereign Man can stand up.
Listen to the Full Episode
In Episode 1 of The Resurrection Podcast, I break down the full story of the Poly-Crisis and the exact steps to begin your own audit.
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Ready to do the work?
If you are done surviving the crash and ready to lead the rebuilding effort, apply for the protocol below.
