CHAPTER 10

Maintain a Mindset for Continued Success

When you find yourself in the thickness of pursuing a goal or dream, stop only to rest. Momentum builds success.

—SUZY KASSEM, RISE UP AND SALUTE THE SUN: THE WRITINGS OF SUZY KASSEM

Stagnation is the lack of activity, growth, or development. Without activity, there can be no growth; without growth, there can be no development. The first step in achieving growth demands change.

Most of us work up to our definition of success. We reach a certain point in our journey—maybe it’s a point we never thought we’d approximate—and then we tend to try to hold on to what we’ve accumulated. It may be a title, a salary, or a relationship, and we lay off the gas. We quit doing what enabled us to enjoy the ...

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