{"id":1180,"date":"2012-09-13T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:58:43","slug":"business-success-steady-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/business-success-steady-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Pedaling When You Most Want to Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/canstockphoto2830999.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1249\" title=\"Business success means you don't coast\" src=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/canstockphoto2830999-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/canstockphoto2830999-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/canstockphoto2830999-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/canstockphoto2830999.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>When cycling to the top of a big hill, it is tempting to coast down the other side.\u00a0 However, I have found that in business it is important to keep pedaling when you most feel like coasting.\u00a0 It is often those <a title=\"Greybull Stewardship Business Investment Portfolio | Financial Investments\" href=\"https:\/\/greybullstewardship.com\/investments\/\" target=\"_blank\">investments<\/a> made in a calmer time or effort put toward long-term decisions when a decision is not urgent that make a difference.\u00a0The <a title=\"Massage School | School of Massage Therapy | Emeryville Los Angeles Petaluma Sacramento San Jose San Francisco Orange County California CA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhi.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Holistic Institute<\/a> is in a cyclical industry &#8212; so far we have been able to make <a title=\"Greybull Stewardship Business Investment Portfolio | Financial Investments\" href=\"https:\/\/greybullstewardship.com\/investments\/\" target=\"_blank\">investments<\/a> that work in good times and bad and steadily improve our organization regardless of the external business climate. Business success comes from never coasting.<\/p>\n<p>Cycling around Napa last weekend (not really any hills) and watching the professional cyclists in Boulder and Denver a few weekends ago reminded me of this.\u00a0 I first thought about this as I rode my bicycle across the country just after graduating from college in 1993 &#8212; the miles went by so much faster through a steady, sustained effort than through shorter sprints of effort.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postmeta_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"postmeta classifications small\"><span class=\"post_categories\">Categories:<a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/execution\/balance\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Balance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/business-growth-and-business-opportunities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business Growth &amp; Opportunities<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/execution\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Execution<\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"post_tags\">Tags:<a 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