Success is fleeting:

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Success is fleeting.

Here one moment, gone the next.

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When you taste it, it makes you feel invincible.

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It makes you believe that you were the only onen responsible.

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But you weren’t.

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Luck, timing and many others play a huge factor in it.

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Yet when you have people around you telling you how great you are, it can make you believe your own bullshit.

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It can make you feel like you’re better than other people.

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Like you have some god-given gift that no one else has.

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Nah.

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You worked hard, got lucky and tasted some success.

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Good for you.

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Now work twice as hard to get back.

Work three times as hard to stay there.

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The higher you go, the more you have to fall.

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On top of the world one moment, at the bottom the next.

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Like Will Smith right now after his Oscars slap.

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Spent the last few years building his social media brand, coming up with a Youtube strategy, launching a book, jumping out of a plane over the grand canyon, and documenting his journey.

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All gone now because of one moment.

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One moment of impulse and poor decision-making.

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He’s seen the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows in his career so I’m sure he’ll bounce back.

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But it will be his toughest challenge yet.

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All that success he built up over a career was gone in an instant in some people’s eyes.

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On his obituary, that’s how some will remember him.

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For a moment of regret and impulse.

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For all that he’s done, he could be remembered for one bad moment.

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You will have those in your life.

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Like Will, you will have those moments of impulse and regret.

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When you’re mind is not thinking logically and you act out of character.

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It’s ok, we all do.

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No matter what, stay consistent.

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Focus again on the work and not on the perceptions.

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Apologize, learn your lesson and move on.

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You can’t change the perception of what other people think of you.

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They will judge you for a single moment because that’s what social media is these days.

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It drives traffic.

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Negative stories sell more than positive ones.

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Don’t mind it.

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Focus on reflecting, learning the lessons life has to teach you and doing better in the future.

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The journey to success is filled with bumps and bruises.

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Every time you think you’ve made it, something will happen that will send you right down to the bottom.

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No problem.

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As long as you’re enjoying the journey, improving a little bit every day and staying healthy, you’re already successful.

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Be ready for the journey because success is fleeting.

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