There are such a lot of things that will bring about your downfall if you forget them. The way things are, there seems to be no joy in achieving success. I mean, it is all very well to succeed but all these guys cluster around you screaming about how difficult it is to retain the success you have achieved with such difficulty. What's the point in huffing and puffing up the mountain only to be told that you need to keep running on a treadmill in order to stay on the peak?
Tiru is as much a disappointment as the others in this.
Igazhchiyin kettaarai uLLuga thantham magizhchiyin maindhurum pOzhdhu - Tirukkural
Remember those ruined by their neglect when you fail in your duties due to the joy of success - Loose Translation
Actually, though, most success IS like that. I mean, like, if you want to become CEO of Microsoft and you do become the CEO, it is not like you can then lie back and enjoy life, right? Most of what you count as success is only to reach a position where you need to work more, not less. So, if a Satya Nadella or Sundar Pichai decides that his life is a long series of beach vacations...well, that CAN be true. ONLY, those long vacations cannot run concurrently with being CEOs. The joy of success has to be succeeded pdq (pretty damn quick in Boomerese) with the nose pressed harder against the grindstone than before.
AND, if you are looking around for 'those ruined by their neglect' and are not finding them in your vicinity, hark back to our laddie, Aesop. It is just for people like you that he created his fictional characters. In this specific case...the hare of the hare and tortoise fame. THAT bunny assessed his success half way down the race course and enjoyed his success with a nap. Whereby...I'm sure you know the story.
You can run like a hare and still lose the race if you allow the joy of success to so intoxicate you that you forget to do your duties. So, there.
