When professional athletes approach the finishing line, they don’t slow down; instead they search their reserves for that extra push and then race flat-out for the line. In fact, professional runners don’t stop when they reach the finishing line – they can’t, because they are running so fast they need time to slow down afterwards. Similarly, a martial arts expert doesn’t focus on the object he is going to break; instead he focuses past it. Likewise, when it comes to striving towards a goal, don’t stop at the finishing line. Instead, set yourself a new target, a new finishing line – a new goal to replace the one you just “lost” by winning it.

R. Ian Seymour

R. Ian Seymour, excerpt from Maximize Your Potential, Louisiana USA, Pelican Publishing, p.40