<p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft" alt="Early Jackson - motivational speaker &#038; author" title="Early Jackson" src="https://www.getmotivation.com/images/speakers_images/early-jackson-13.jpg" />Some lessons in life just seemed to stick with you long after you learned them. They become an undercurrent to the way you think, live and do business. It’s beyond knowing, it’s an understanding. Two plus two will always be four. </p>
<p>No matter the day, the climate or your mood. It just is. That’s how I felt after a two day business seminar sponsored by the organization I worked for in Philadelphia. <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2013/06/success-lesson-staying-sharp/" title="Permanent Link: Success Lesson: Staying Sharp" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":1859,"date":"2013-06-10T21:41:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T02:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:06:49","slug":"success-lesson-staying-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2013\/06\/success-lesson-staying-sharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Lesson: Staying Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Early Jackson - motivational speaker &#038; author\" title=\"Early Jackson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/images\/speakers_images\/early-jackson-13.jpg\" \/>Some lessons in life just seemed to stick with you long after you learned them. They become an undercurrent to the way you think, live and do business. It\u2019s beyond knowing, it\u2019s an understanding. Two plus two will always be four. <\/p>\n<p>No matter the day, the climate or your mood. It just is. That\u2019s how I felt after a two day business seminar sponsored by the organization I worked for in Philadelphia. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\"><br \/><br \/>&nbsp;=>> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2013\/06\/success-lesson-staying-sharp\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Success Lesson: Staying Sharp\" rel=\"bookmark\">Click to read the full article...<\/a> <i><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some lessons in life just seemed to stick with you long after you learned them. 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