Advice Is Only Ever Right in Hindsight

I called a mate the other day who's in the thick of something hard. He built something real. Years of it. Blood, sweat, the whole thing. And now he's being pushed out of it, fighting to get back in, and it's not just the one thing — it has a real carry-on effect. It's touching his family time, his friendships, his own health, the way he sleeps, probably the way he looks at himself in the mirror some mornings. I said something like you can't control that, only how you perceive it. Or maybe...