Have you ever heard a saying that if you keep on doing the same thing, you will keep on getting the same result?  Well, I disagree with that. 

       A person can be prosperous today and ruinous the next day without any change in mood, character, and action.                    

       And people are often observed using different methods to reach possibilities they have before them such as glory and riches: one reaches such goals with caution, another with haste; one by force, another by skill; one by patience, another by impatience, and each one succeeds in reaching the goal by a different method. 

       And you can also observe instances where in a group of two cautious people, one attains his goal and the other fails. 

       So, two people working differently can bring about the same effect, and of two working similarly, one can attain his goal while the other does not.

       Aside from chance and individuality, the main reason for this is timing—whether or not people conform their actions to the spirit of the times. 

       I believe that he who suits his action to fit the times will prosper, but he whose actions do not accord with the times will not be successful. 

      A person can use a method that succeeds under one set of times and circumstances, but then if the times and affairs change, he will be ruined if he does not change his course of action to something that suits the times. 

       And yet, people are rarely prudent enough to know how to adapt themselves to change, usually because having always prospered by acting one way, they cannot be persuaded that it is a good idea to leave it. 

       And so, people often do not know how to change their behavior when it is time to do so.  A person who does not change his conduct with the times will run the risk of encountering problems. 

      Conditions change, and people are often steadfast in their ways.  As long as people and conditions are in agreement, people are successful.  But when they fall out, people are unsuccessful.