Get Lucky

“As the man once said, the harder you work, the luckier you get.”

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso is brilliantly scripted television, as good as it gets. The main character’s optimism and homespun wisdom is just what our times need. Which “man” he meant in this line is unclear but it’s a thought worth acknowledging and absorbing. One man who did express this inspiring notion was French scientist Louis Pasteur, inventor of vaccination and pasteurisation. He said…

Chance favours the prepared mind

Louis Pasteur

The more you practise and prepare, the more chance you have of spotting something important or making a break-through connection, original/surprising connections being the essence of creativity.

Pasteur’s exact words were:

“Dans les champs de l’observation, le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés.”