WIN-WIN

Where do we go from here? I mean once you have experienced a certain level of success how do perpetuate and then advance?  The boys and I frequently had conversation about how we can advance in the level of success that we have all experienced.  I would always say that I have learned how to lose when I’m winning, I have learned how to lose win I’m losing, and I have learned to win when I’m losing, but I have yet to learn how to win when I’m winning.  I am not a believer in the statement that "success breeds success"; not at all from my experience success tends to bread complacency.  Not many of us out here have the drive to improve on the success that we have experienced, we tend to rest on the things we have done and take those accomplishments as completion.  The greatest feat is to repeat success, to have the mental strength and drive to remain consistent in your efforts to be great. 

Life doesn’t offer many opportunities to rest on what has been done in the past; life is a progressive force that requires adaptation and effort.  We must continue to move forward in order to survive; standing still is the same as walking backwards.  So how do we reproduce success when the things that made us successful the first time aren’t the same things that will guarantee success this time? It’s those who possess an almost obsessive work ethic that seem to be the ones maintaining the highest level of success.  Your level of effort or amount of work is one of the only things you can completely control while on the pursuit of your goals. 

I’m going to take the time to reevaluate my efforts and make certain that I am doing all things possible to increase upon the level of success I have attained.