I Finally Understand Why People Fear Being Successful

If You Do Not Learn the Secret, Your Success Will Always Be Limited

I use to always think of success in an overly simplistic way and judge people who did not strive for self-improvement because I thought they were lazy.

It always frustrated me when people I knew did not take risks, opportunities or chances which I saw as these amazing occasions for self-betterment.

However, as I have reached and surpassed certain levels of success, I have realized that constantly striving for greater and greater rungs of success can be exhausting, if not managed properly.

Success is not an endpoint, but a beginning.

Achieving a level of success increases your level of responsibility not temporarily, but forever. When you achieve a certain level of success you and the people around you start to expect that same level of output from you, from here on out. You have risen to a higher standard and are expected to consistently meet said standard.

You cannot work diligently for three years to aggressively pay off your student loans and then go back to mismanaging your money. You…