You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

Booker T. Washington
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles...
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles...
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles...
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles...
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When you achieve your goals, the achievement doesn’t mean much. After all, you could have achieved the same thing by doing something easy or by doing nothing at all. This is one of the main reasons why people fail at achieving their goals. They don’t understand how to measure their accomplishments by the obstacles they must overcome in order to reach them.

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