The great scientist Louis Pasteur said this more than a century ago:
"Chance favors only the prepared mind."
By this, he meant that sudden flashes of insight (“Aha!”) don't just happen by pure chance, but are the product of preparation and hard work. Most of his great discoveries and insights were not those he was pursuing, but since his mind was prepared to make sense of them from his countless failures, he discovered much and was considered as “lucky”. He believed that nobody could accomplish goals or make discoveries by waiting for it to happen out of chance or sheer accident. Chance can only be encountered and appreciated if the mind is prepared to receive it. The prepared mind will recognize the "chance" as good fortune or an opportunity and act on it to make it happen. The unprepared mind cannot see the "chance" and keeps on going without benefiting anything.
Many great people shared the same belief as Pasteur:
"I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." -- Benjamin Franklin
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. -- Isaac Disraeli
"When you work seven days a week, fourteen hours a day, you get lucky." -- Armand Hammer
"Chance favors only the prepared mind."
By this, he meant that sudden flashes of insight (“Aha!”) don't just happen by pure chance, but are the product of preparation and hard work. Most of his great discoveries and insights were not those he was pursuing, but since his mind was prepared to make sense of them from his countless failures, he discovered much and was considered as “lucky”. He believed that nobody could accomplish goals or make discoveries by waiting for it to happen out of chance or sheer accident. Chance can only be encountered and appreciated if the mind is prepared to receive it. The prepared mind will recognize the "chance" as good fortune or an opportunity and act on it to make it happen. The unprepared mind cannot see the "chance" and keeps on going without benefiting anything.
Many great people shared the same belief as Pasteur:
"I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." -- Benjamin Franklin
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. -- Isaac Disraeli
"When you work seven days a week, fourteen hours a day, you get lucky." -- Armand Hammer
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