We all know the path to success requires that dead wood be burnt. And by dead wood, I mean living people. Only when you’ve established your dominion can you reward yourself with romance. You cannot dedicate yourself to self-advancement when you’re in a relationship: how can you help yourself and another person at the same time? It’s impossible. Here’s a Times obituary you’ll never read: ‘As great a rock star as he was, he was perhaps an even greater husband.’ No one who achieved anything was ‘there’ for someone else. They were elsewhere. Achieving.
