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You're not comfortable. You're stuck in a holding pattern that feels safe. Jim Tressel lost a program, lost his name in headlines, lost the seat everyone thought defined him. He didn't chase a comeback story. He took a job most people would call a step down and did it right for years before anyone cared again. Here's what changed everything: he stopped needing the applause to know his worth. That's the discipline nobody talks about. Comfort zones don't protect your reputation. They freeze it. Real rebuilding happens in rooms with no cameras, doing boring work nobody's clapping for yet.