I spoke to 6 people who bounced back from a career break. These 3 lessons stuck with me.

Joshua Paul for BI Business Insider's reporter Charissa Cheong spent hours interview people who took career breaks. She turned the interviews into her series My Big Break, which explores how the people bounced back. She learned a lot from the interviewees, including how sacrifice can be character-building. Over the past four months, I've spent hours interviewing people who were brave enough to take a career break. I wanted to know if and how they overcame the many obstacles career returners…