{"id":708,"date":"2025-10-20T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugurkilci.com\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:53:41","slug":"the-reason-why-the-great-are-great-is-because-of-their-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugurkilci.com\/blog\/the-reason-why-the-great-are-great-is-because-of-their-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"The reason why the great are great is because of their progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Or the 90-year-old corner store. Do you know why they are successful? Because they have been progressing for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no such thing as magic! There is only one explanation for your magic, luck, and everything else. Progress!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Science is science because it advances. Evolution creates stronger living beings because it advances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gather all the other things you think you lack and compare them to relatively larger ones instead of the biggest ones. You&#8217;ll see that there&#8217;s nothing but progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The handful of knowledge you think you have is nothing. The only real thing is progress. Like time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previous Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ugurkilci.com\/blog\/maybe-the-brain-needs-to-think\/\">Maybe the Brain Needs to Think<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow me on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/ugur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Or the 90-year-old corner store. Do you know why they are successful? Because they have been progressing for many years. There is no such thing as magic! 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