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How then should one approach success? What is the best strategy for blending did and can? Arthur Schopenhauer pointed out, a man can do as he will, but not will as he will. The message is that you can’t simply will things to happen. You have a wide range of options for doing but no magical powers. Alexander Graham Bell said, The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion … It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider – and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation – persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
The basis for judgment is now clearer. You and those who judge you focus on both did and can. Success is a blending of the two sides of the coin. and if your goal is to get a thumbs-up from you and from others, you need to get high marks on this short quiz. – Good luck!
1. Are you carefully advancing, step by step?
2. Is your mind becoming wider and wider?
3. Are you persevering in what you know to be practical?
4. Are you concentrating on succeeding?
Sure, it’s simply a variation on the old story, Nothing succeeds like success.