Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
Wilde strips away the romantic mythology of success—the genius flash, the lucky break—and proposes something far more unsettling: that achievement follows predictable laws, like chemistry. If you're not succeeding, the uncomfortable implication is that you're missing an ingredient, not lacking talent. A musician who practices four hours daily while her peer practices four hours weekly shouldn't attribute the gap to fate; she's simply created different conditions, and the results will follow accordingly. What makes this bracing rather than comforting is that it eliminates our favorite excuse: bad luck.
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to...”
Marcus Aurelius“Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.”
Benjamin Franklin“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
Seneca“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
Benjamin Franklin