Wisdom in How You Do Things Makes Results Last
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Someone acting foolishly tends to get things wrong even when they're trying.
Get one thing right, and the next one slips — because the trouble is in the approach, not just the task.
A wry little observation: if a fool does a job, he cannot do it right; even if he does one thing right, he does the next thing wrong. The point isn't to mock anyone; 'fool' here means someone acting without wisdom or care. When the approach is careless, success is accidental and doesn't last — one thing lands, the next slips. The quiet lesson is that how you go about things — with attention, humility, wisdom — matters more than luck on any single task. Fix the approach, and the results follow steadily; leave the approach careless, and even your wins are flukes.
Why does HOW you approach a task matter more than getting lucky on one try?
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