There is nothing that has succeeded that can't fail and there is nothing that has failed that can't succeed. We live in a world where you struggle for everything, where you mustn't give up easily else someone else will overtake you. My first sentence above simply tells us that for us to succeed in everything we do, we must be consistent and any day we relent a bit, failure starts. 
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Most successful individuals started with nothing but now they built on their ideas on a consistent basis and they are where they are today because they never gave up,  they never relented. If you have the idea and you want to be successful, start working on it, do not relent, do not give up, do not loose focus because it may take years for your accomplishment, that is; it may take longer than normal for you to hit the jackpot of your labour but certainly you will hit it.
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Many people start an investment and then end it up along the line due to laziness, lack of focus etc. 
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Understand these steemians, even if you get to the highest point of achievement, to remain at the top, you still need to be consistent and never loose focus. Its even at that point you need to work harder because
1. Your orientation about life has changed.
2. Competition to be at the top is really high.
For example; the richest men in the world has varied in recent years, according to Forbes list. When i was growing up Bill Gates was the richest man in the world followed by Warren Buffet and then Carlos Slim Helu. But later on the table started turning round when Warren Buffett finally topped the rankings and then Carlos Slim also took over at one point to be the richest man in world but you know what ? Bill Gates is currently and still the richest man in the world all is because of his consistence. 
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My point here is that he did not relent even after getting to the highest point, he worked and is still working harder to be at the highest point. Steemians, no one is skyrocketed in one day. Keep working, consistence is all that matters because failure can come in at any little chance given.