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Progress encourages you to keep going. Lack of progress has the opposite effect, telling you to give up hope. Even decay is more inspiring than stagnation. This is one of the most important factors to consider when you are evaluating a plan. Does the plan calls for everything to stay the same for an extended period of time? Any such plan will eventually be abandoned out of discouragement. It is better not to sign on to the plan in the first place.