“I became an American & said goodbye to them [the KGB].” – Jack BarskySounds like the opening line of a spy thriller.Except this one’s real.For a decade, Jack lived undercover in the U.S. as a KGB agent.His mission wasn’t excitement. No tuxedos. No martinis. Just the discipline to disappear — and never get caught.And he did it so well that he not only avoided capture — he built a whole new life. A college valedictorian. A corporate exec. A family man no one suspected.Until one day, the story broke on 60 Minutes.That’s when Jack faced the choice every entrepreneur knows too well:– Start over.– Reinvent yourself.– Risk failing again & again.He wrote a book that flopped until he rewrote it from scratch.He gave speeches so bad he wanted to “jump in a lake”… and kept at it until Microsoft put him on stage.He built a business that went nowhere — and had the guts to kill it when no one showed up.Every failure became fuel. Every dead end, a redirection.This isn’t just a peek into espionage. It’s a raw look at resilience, reinvention, & the grit it takes to survive when the plan collapses. Winston Churchill said it best: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Connect with him on LinkedIn