“Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, personal sacrifice, ongoing effort, and dedication to a process that is maintained over years.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Source: What Got You Here Won't Get You There, 2008, p. 189 (in 2010 edition}

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