# Quote — Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There

> Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, personal sacrifice, ongoing effort, and dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

- Author: [Marshall Goldsmith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/marshall-goldsmith.md)
- Book: [What Got You Here Won't Get You There](https://www.leafyquotes.com/marshall-goldsmith/what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there.md)
- Page: 189
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marshall_Goldsmith#What_Got_You_Here_Won't_Get_You_There,_2008) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/marshall-goldsmith/what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there/lasting-goal-achievement

## More from this book

> If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare the self that we want to be with the self that we are presenting to the rest of the world. We can then begin to make the real changes that are needed to close the gap between our stated values and our actual behavior.

p. 125 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/marshall-goldsmith/what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there/if-we-can.md)

> Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.

p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/marshall-goldsmith/what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there/successful-people-become.md)

> The Great Western Disease is that we fixate on the future at the expense of enjoying the life we're living now.

p. 81 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/marshall-goldsmith/what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there/the-great-western.md)