Riddle of impact

It will most probably make you wonder. I recommend after you guessed what the poem is all about to read it again. It will make much more sense afterwards, it made a strong impression on me.

I am your constant companion,
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am at your command.

Half of the tasks you do you might just as well
Turn over to me and I will do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done.
After a few lessons, I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great people
And the regret of all failures as well.
Those who are great , I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.

I am not a machine but I will work with all its precision
Plus the intelligence of a person.

Take me, train me, be firm with me and
I will lay the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will DESTROY YOU.
I am called…

Author Unknown

Don’t you just love this little riddle ? I believe habit control is much more powerful than we make it to be.