Effort

What is with the phenomenon that the older you get and the more success you have, the harder it becomes to improve on that success? When you're young and playing intramural soccer you win a few games and get a trophy. Go to high school and log a couple of study hours and get good grades. Go to college, you have to study a bit more to succeed. Get in to business and then it gets infinitely harder.

Our company has been open for two years now, and each step to improve the company has gotten harder and harder. We most recently got our correspondent lender approval with Countrywide - this by far has been our hardest undertaking yet. The success of getting it felt great but the effort and amount of time to achieve it has been enormous. And even when you get a huge win like this there are a million other pressing issues that keep you from resting and enjoying the success. It's like on to the next thing before we get eaten alive...

While I enjoy the big victory after a lot of work it would sure be nice to get a few easy wins here and there instead of feeling like each new initiative requires every ounce of energy and wit you can muster for 8 months before 'winning.'