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Success is the progressive realization of your goals. Life is a journey, not a destination. A common source of frustration for people is comparing their progress to their ultimate goal. They then run the risk of getting discouraged and abandoning their path altogether.
Suppose Bill has a goal to lose 25 pounds. After four weeks of dieting and exercise his weight has dropped four pounds. Bill is disappointed that in spite of all that effort he still weighs 21 pounds more than he wants. Convinced his goal is unattainable, Bill gives up on his weight loss plan.

The venerable old paddle-wheeler Borealis Rex was steaming as hard as it could to get from Cameron to Lake Charles when the big hurricane of 1918 caught up to it.
Forty passengers were on board, plus two engineers, the pilot, a cook, and two deck hands. One of the passengers was Ned McCain, the 10-year-old son of Tom McCain, one of three brothers who owned the boat. (The other two were James Medd McCain and Angus Bouie McCain.)

Logic is often used as the fallback justification for not moving forward towards your desires. A logical argument is conjured up to provide reasons as to why you won’t succeed and shouldn’t proceed.
Although the logical reasoning may appear sound, there are a number of other factors which must be considered when evaluating your options. The bigger the picture you consider, the more accurate your assessment will be.