The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies like the way William Feather says is to do each daily task the best we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity was always on us.
In the hundred yard race, the winner doesn't cross the tape a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of our work.
Not one big sudden leap. Victory is hidden in each step !