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On the Brink
Here's a favorite quote from Napoleon Hill:

"No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."

One time when I was traveling in Colorado, I detoured to take a scenic highway. I had no idea what I was in for!

The road was a one-way, one-lane road for several miles along the top of a razor-back ridge. At least they called it one lane. At some places it felt more like three-quarters of a lane or even half.

It was just a narrow ribbon of pavement that ran along the crest of that ridge, dipping and weaving along with the rocks. I've never seen anything like it.

The road was barely wider than my car. Both sides of it featured a steep drop of a couple hundred feet. I don't know who's idea it was to pave that narrow ribbon or rock, but the experience of driving it was indescribable.

I had already driven a number of mountain roads along steep cliffs. This one, though, was truly scary.

With most mountain roads, one edge of it ends in a cliff that goes straight down; the other side hugs a cliff that goes straight up. As you drive, you find yourself edging toward the side of the road that offers the security of that nice, safe, rock wall that you can huddle against.

Where do you find safety, though, when BOTH edges of the road have a steep dropoff? If you take that road, you simply keep going forward and put your fears on hold.

That's what comes to mind with Napoleon Hill's quote. There's no escaping that scary cliff when you try to achieve worthwhile success. You just have to keep taking that road forward to get where you're trying to go.

It's all part of achieving success.
Jeff

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