Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Success often evades us when we obsess over it or try to control it through excessive planning.
- In plain terms
- Stop staring at success so hard or it will hide from you.
- What can you take from it?
- Let go of rigid plans to allow opportunities to arise naturally.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you blocking your own progress by overthinking?
- What happens if you stop watching so closely?
Another view
Sometimes deliberate planning is necessary to achieve complex goals.
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