Success Quote by Joyce A. Myers

Myers’s line sells education as the cleanest kind of capitalism: invest in skills, get a fair shot. Coming from a businessman, it’s not a poetic tribute to learning so much as a pitch for mobility that doesn’t require tearing down the system. “Levels the playing field” borrows the language of sports to make inequality sound solvable with a rule change rather than a reckoning. It’s a comforting metaphor because it implies the field already exists, the game is worth playing, and the referees are basically competent; we just need to make sure everyone can step onto the turf.

The intent is aspirational but also managerial. Education becomes infrastructure for competition, not contemplation. The promise is access: credentials as a passport into rooms that otherwise stay locked. The subtext is where it gets sharper. If education is the leveller, then failure can be quietly reframed as a personal deficit, not a structural one. That’s a familiar move in business rhetoric: turn social problems into solvable individual projects.

Contextually, this kind of statement thrives in an era obsessed with “upskilling,” the gig economy, and widening wealth gaps. It answers anxiety with a tool that sounds nonpartisan and future-proof. Yet “allowing everyone to compete” smuggles in a second premise: that life is, and should be, a competition. It’s optimistic, even generous, but it also narrows the horizon. Education doesn’t just level; it also sorts. And in practice, the field is rarely level to begin with, because the best-funded teams still arrive with better gear, coaching, and time to train.