[Ecohoon] Effort Never Betrays

Do you want to make a quantum leap from the start? I do too. I wish the stocks I bought today would increase by 10% tomorrow. I want to become a legend at the company I joined today and close deals worth over 10 billion won. I want to get into Seoul National University with the studying I started today for the CSAT. This is what many people hope for.

But what kind of people are we to those who have achieved such results through painstaking efforts? If those people knew, they might be furious. They spent countless hours and efforts to achieve their results, but if someone else got the results without lifting a finger, what could be more disheartening?

Recently, I've been playing 11-a-side football again, what's known as "big" football. I've been playing for a new team since December last year, and after a long time off, my skills were rusty. My goal-scoring instinct, my sense of distance... I felt it would be hard to regain my past performance.

Even after a month of training, my reaction speed just wasn't there. I thought I was getting old and becoming a complete fool.

Lately, with the weather getting warmer, my performance has been rapidly improving. I've been consistently training and playing matches, and I can feel my form improving.

I realized that hard work never betrays you. I felt once again that the passion and time I poured in will definitely pay off.

We all are consumed by the desire to do well from the start. It would be great to excel from the beginning, of course. However, no one is good from the start. And it's difficult to excel without effort. If you want to excel, you need to pour in the effort, passion, and time.

The secret to Son Heung-min becoming a top player was that he maintained this balance of effort, passion, and time. Do you want to be like Son Heung-min? It's difficult, but let's pour our effort, passion, and time into it.