A person with a negative attitude cannot be helped and a person with a positive attitude cannot be stopped. Life is an obstacle course but, many a time, we become our own biggest obstacle. People reach great heights in life only when they have great depth of character. Both success and failure have a limited lifespan. Success is neither a miracle nor a mystery. It does not depend upon special skills, formal education or superior intelligence. It is the natural outcome of consistently applying certain principles on an ongoing basis. Our objective is to sustain success and eliminate failure. One cannot consistently achieve success without preparation.