One swallow doesn't make a summer, but one polar bear can make a winter

I have noticed that there are almost no guarantees of success in this world. We can do all the right things, and each of them can enhance our likelihood of success. But there is not a proven, failure free recipe.

On the other hand, it is often possible to guarantee failure through one mistake. In “Determination and Faith in the path to success,” I show an example of how one negative belief can guarantee failure, whilst replacing that exact same belief with a positive one, will merely form one brick in the wall of success. Without many other strong bricks, completing that wall will not be possible.