Why It’s Called That

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The title started with a story my brother-in-law told me — one of those moments where life quietly reveals its hand.

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He was in London, wandered into a pub he’d never normally go to, turned around… and there stood an old friend he hadn’t seen for thirty years.
Not someone local. Someone who actually lives in the US.

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Decades of distance. Different countries. Different lives.
Yet for one single minute, they were in the same place at the same time.

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Call it coincidence if you like.
I call it timing.
I call it alignment.

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And once you see moments like that, you can’t help but start noticing the pattern everywhere.

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This book came from a simple truth I’ve seen again and again: people think their life is off-track when, in reality, they’re exactly where they need to be to learn the next lesson.

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Every conversation I had while writing this book had the same theme running through it. People blaming themselves for not being “further on.” People convinced they’d wasted time, missed chances, or taken the wrong road. But when you zoom out, you realise something important — the road was never wrong. It was preparing them.

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The tough years, the daft decisions, the detours you never planned… they all play their part.
They shape your standards.
They shape your resilience.
They shape your understanding of who you are — and who you’ll never allow yourself to be again.

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I’ve always had the sense that things land where they’re meant to, even if the reason turns up with muddy boots and bad timing. Sometimes life puts you somewhere uncomfortable because it’s the only place you’ll finally pay attention. Sometimes it slows you down so you don’t sprint straight past the thing that would’ve changed everything.

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This book is about that.
About recognising the meaning in the mess.
About seeing your current moment — good or bad — as a stepping stone, not a dead end.
About realising you’re not behind, you’re not late, and you’re not lost. You’re being sharpened.

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You Are Where You’re Meant to Be isn’t fluffy optimism.
It’s grounded. It’s real.
It’s the reminder we all need: your story might make far more sense than it feels right now — even if you can’t see the pattern yet.