When opportunities arise, supreme good fortune comes to those who act swiftly and boldly, while avoiding the trap of making their actions merely self-serving. If you aspire to a position of true prominence, friend, the most enduring strategy is to work to raise the tide of your entire company or community, rather than to try to swim upstream on your own.
When the times favor prosperity, and when leadership is in the hands of the broad-minded, supreme good fortune.
