Rollback

Build the return path before you go, not after trouble starts. Name in advance what evidence means the move failed, what specific steps undo it, who decides, and by when. Unlike margin or staged steps, this reverses a commitment already made.

Build the return path before you go, not after trouble starts. Name in advance what evidence means the move failed, what specific steps undo it, who decides, and by when. Unlike margin or staged steps, this reverses a commitment already made.

Example

Before the sabbatical starts, you write it down: if by day 90 you have not landed one paid project in the new field and your cash is under four months, you tell your old manager yes by day 100. You keep that door open on purpose.