<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft" src="https://www.getmotivation.com/images/speakers_images/jim-stovall-10.jpg" alt="Jim Stovall" width="100" height="143" />Due to my travel schedule, I frequently find myself in airports across the country waiting to go through the security line. I have noticed a phenomenon among fellow travelers that involves them getting in a line and then observing one of the other lines is moving faster. They will invariably rush over to that line and stand there a while until they, once again, believe that another line is better. Regularly, the people who were in the original line and stayed put get through security much faster and are well on their way to their gate before these opportunistic line jumpers clear security. <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2014/07/success-lesson-pick-a-lane/" title="Permanent Link: Success Lesson: Pick a Lane" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":2322,"date":"2014-07-29T12:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T17:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2020-12-22T16:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T21:34:50","slug":"success-lesson-pick-a-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2014\/07\/success-lesson-pick-a-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Lesson: Pick a Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/images\/speakers_images\/jim-stovall-10.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Stovall\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/>Due to my travel schedule, I frequently find myself in airports across the country waiting to go through the security line. I have noticed a phenomenon among fellow travelers that involves them getting in a line and then observing one of the other lines is moving faster. They will invariably rush over to that line and stand there a while until they, once again, believe that another line is better. Regularly, the people who were in the original line and stayed put get through security much faster and are well on their way to their gate before these opportunistic line jumpers clear security. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\"><br \/><br \/>&nbsp;=>> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2014\/07\/success-lesson-pick-a-lane\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Success Lesson: Pick a Lane\" 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":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-success"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you wish to succeed in your endeavors it\\&#039;s imperative that you decide on a path and see it through to completion. 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