A thought by John C. Maxwell (2013-10-08) from his book, Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn: Life's Greatest Lessons Are Gained from Our Losses (Kindle Locations 697-698). Center Street. Kindle Edition.
That can be so true. John shared that it seems that most Nobel Prize winners never did anything significant after winning the prize. He quotes T. S. Eliot, “The Nobel is a ticket to one’s own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.”
I remember watching young kids back in Little League who had developed before the other boys so they were the stars at that time. And I saw some of the other kids who had to work harder pass those kids as they got older because they had to work for their success and it paid off.
Harvey Penick the great Hall of Fame golf teacher in his Little Red Book tells of how you should not focus on your last shot. If it was really good you will mess up on the next one. You must continue to focus a head.
Paul in the Bible says that we are to forget those things which are behind and press on to the goal. You see success can hurt us in moving forward especially if it came easy.
We must keep growing, learning, evaluating and moving forward. Just keep at it.
So how do you handle success?
That can be so true. John shared that it seems that most Nobel Prize winners never did anything significant after winning the prize. He quotes T. S. Eliot, “The Nobel is a ticket to one’s own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.”
I remember watching young kids back in Little League who had developed before the other boys so they were the stars at that time. And I saw some of the other kids who had to work harder pass those kids as they got older because they had to work for their success and it paid off.
Harvey Penick the great Hall of Fame golf teacher in his Little Red Book tells of how you should not focus on your last shot. If it was really good you will mess up on the next one. You must continue to focus a head.
Paul in the Bible says that we are to forget those things which are behind and press on to the goal. You see success can hurt us in moving forward especially if it came easy.
We must keep growing, learning, evaluating and moving forward. Just keep at it.
So how do you handle success?
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