The Greatest Threat To Progress Is Your Last Successful Accomplishment|
Last year, a senior published a book and asked me to write a review of it. I did, shared it, and soon began receiving compliments from friends and family. For days, I was stuck on the compliments and what I had written. In the process, I forgot that the goal of a writer is not to celebrate one piece forever but to keep writing and improving.
How did that success become a threat?
When a writer writes consistently for months, their skills improve. Writing becomes easier, and they are able to express their thoughts on almost any topic. However, after spending so much time dwelling on the compliments, I stopped writing. When I came out of the world of compliments, I decided to write again, and I couldn’t—not only because I had stopped writing for days, but also because I was trying to make it perfect, comparing myself to people who write almost every day.
Success becomes dangerous when it convinces us that we have arrived. Instead, every achievement should be seen as evidence that we are capable of doing more. The moment we begin to treat a success as our best and final accomplishment, growth slows down.
What looks like satisfaction can sometimes be backsliding in disguise.
_Zaenabu
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