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Staying Stale Makes The World Pass One By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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An author named, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote; “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” If one decides to do the same thing over and over and never tries to get better, then they become stale and never grow better. Staying stale makes the world pass one by. Trying to go beyond what you have already mastered allows one to learn new things, open new opportunity’s, and allows for a better life. If one continues to stay in a rut doing the same thing over and over again they will learn nothing. But if one pushes themselves beyond things they have already accomplished. One has to come out of their comfort zone to learn new things, learning new things will be uncomfortable but you have to

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