road to success

We're taught from an early age the steps to success. There are many models of the road to success, but the fundamentals of it are all the same. I recently came across a video by TEDtalk on youtube yesterday about success and the road to success. Richard St. John's model had 8 steps to success, they are the following:

By following this model, Richard was able to reach success, but wasn't able to maintain his success. In the beginning, he religiously did all of the 8 things his success model taught him and didn't care about the money  that came with it. As the money started to come in, he started to focus more on the money than the 8 steps to success. Thus, he wasn't able to maintain his success and realized that success isn't a climb to the top of the mountain, but a continuous journey that maintains and expands success. 

All throughout our lives, we're taught how to reach success but nothing about maintaining success. What are your thoughts of the road to success and how to maintain it? Is there such thing as the "perfect" formula for success? Let me know your thoughts!