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This Is The Reason Why You Are Getting Nowhere

This Is The Reason Why You Are Getting Nowhere

Daily Stretch #18: take the wiser road, not the shortcut

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Gustavo Razzetti
Aug 07, 2017
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Daily Stretch #18: take the wiser road, not the shortcut.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

The gap between success and happiness is widening.

The amount of Google searches of “success” has been growing at a faster pace than of “happiness” in the past four years.

We all want to succeed. But most people crave for shortcuts.

Our appetite for success recipes is reaching a new record. Google “how to succeed” and you’ll get over 86 Million results.

You are reading this because you too are hungry for lessons and stories that can help you succeed.

But if you are looking for a listicle with seven ways to succeed in life, sorry to disappoint you. There’s no quick route to success.

That’s the problem with shortcuts. Trying to achieve your dreams or goals fast, never works.

Shortcuts will get you nowhere. Rather than moving fast, you’ll get stuck.

Shortcuts are an illusion

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Helen K…

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