Boy this is a toughie... There are so many, but if I had to boil it down to one thing and even one word I would say "consistency"
I just had the occasion to run around the Nike HQ campus here in Oregon. It is a beautiful 2.x mile track with a nice springy trail. I really did not want to do this run today. My body was a bit sore from my yesterday yard work and the previous day hamstring workout, it was cold out and I was tired. But as my feet hit the trail I looked around and greeted the other runners. We all wear Nike clothing around here and one person had a Nike "Just do it" shirt on. And I could not help but think how appropriate that is to this journey.
Every day we are faced with our demons. In this journey it pays to learn thy deomons well. It could be the overeating or the under-eating or the lazy demon that you face but every day you will have several occasions to face that demon. Take the stairs or the elevator, have the doughnut or the fruit, take the car or walk, late night ice cream or cottage cheese. These are all changes for us to be consistent and to overcome the things that keep us from reaching our goal. It isn't any one single failure or success that carry us across the finish line but the consistent successes over a period of a long time.
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