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• Succeed where others have failed

• Maintaining Momentum

• Discipline: Foundation for success

• The stretch factor: no limitations

• Surviving the dry spells

• Setting Goals: recipe for success

• Breaking free from bad habits

• Choices and Consequences

• Get out of your comfort zone

• Lead by doing, not just telling

• Burnout: the silent killer



• Dare to be extraordinary

• How to Nick your competition

• The power of pep-talk

• Forget Donald Trump

• Internet marketing

• Waitley and Rohn Package

Maintaining Momentum By Innocent Mwangi Gathungu

Perhaps the most challenging, and often very difficult, part of the success journey is maintaining momentum.

Many times as we trudge along the success journey, we encounter setbacks that make us falter or even stumble and fall. When this happens, we start losing faith in our ability to complete the journey and ultimately we fizzle out.

Before starting out on any journey, we must resolve to complete it, irrespective of the setbacks which will invariably crop up along the way. The journey to success is not without obstacles. Our ability to circumvent or level out these obstacles will help us maintain momentum and steadily and consistently keep us on the go.

Whenever we are starting a new project or a program such as a weight-loss program, we start out with a lot of gusto and enthusiasm. We know what our goals are and, off the blocks, we start off on cloud nine, with our motivation running on steroids. However, this initial burst of positive energy is useless unless we find a way of sustaining it to the end. It is important to both start and finish strong. The transition between the initial burst and the point at which our goal is achieved is called momentum. This essential, albeit sometimes elusive, ingredient helps us to stay on course, even when distractions and setbacks threaten to knock us out.

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