I think people have different success styles, and theyre worth noting because they reveal a lot about us, to ourselves, and they can be helpful in showing the way to achieving even more.

For example, I earned five college degrees. In every case, as I got closer to the goal of accumulating sufficient credits, I sped up, accelerated my programs, and crammed in as many courses as I could handle, until I graduated.

This made me feel I was soaring toward the top, peaking, if you will. It made earning these laurels more fun and certainly more exciting.

Other people seem to slow down when they near completion of an important or significant task.

For instance, I have been monitoring the output of writers at ezine sites. When many get close to benchmark numbers, such as 50 or 100 articles written, they slow down, almost seeming to savor their achievements.

Perhaps some of these folks are feeling superstitious or reluctant to reach and then to surge through that number, into even higher echelons of accomplishment.

They might be telling themselves that its better to stop on an even number, or if they surpass it, theyll get too caught up in feeling they have to produce more and more, and they doubt they have the ability to keep writing at that pace.

Personally, I think we should always try to break through, to do at least one more thing than were comfortable with, than we expected from ourselves.

While it feels anti-climactic, in one sense, it is an enticement to keep moving onward and upward.

Success, this way, never becomes a static target, and we realize we always can, and really must, do more and more to sustain it.

But thats my style.

Whats yours?