You're either moving forward or backward.
Always.
...and what you like to think of as "maintaining" is actually going backward.
Not because you're literally moving in the wrong direction.
Because while you choose to take it easy, sit on your ass, and "coast"...
Your competition is continually making progress.
Average people think they can string a few wins together...
Kick their feet up...
...and finally relax and maintain.
This happens to be exactly what keeps them average.
Real winners understand that success is built in the constant pursuit of their potential.
Taking their foot off the gas means certain death.
Understand that you will never be done.
Never be done learning.
Never be done improving.
Never be done achieving.
Never be done growing.
"Maintaining" is a myth.
It's forward or backward.
...and choosing not to move is moving backward by default.
That's the truth.
Every day is a new opportunity to make progress.
Take full advantage of it or get fucking smashed by the people who do.
Those are your options.