This is a painful truth nobody told you about success: Rent is due every single day. A lot of people seem to think that after you make it you can coast in the idyllic land of success. This couldn't be further from the truth. Every single day, you have to fight to earn your seat at the table. And that fight gets more intense as you have more success: You have more to lose. More mouths to feed. More people counting on you. More expectations. There's an old saying that I love: Every morning in the savannah, the gazelle wakes up and knows it must outrun the lion or be killed. The lion wakes up and knows it must outrun the gazelle or starve. Whether you're the gazelle or the lion, when you wake up in the morning, you'd better start running. Rent is due daily. Pay it with pride.