you dig the soil & water the seed ( effort ), wait a while ( patience ) & then you pick your beans. Effort + patience = results.
blah blah say: " if i had a decent job, then i would really work hard. But all i do is wash dishes, so to heck with it." Wrong blah blah. If you become the best dishwasher in town, someone will notice you, or someone will promote you, or you'll feel so good about yourself that you'll one day go & do something you really want to do.
Effort first, harvest second. It's a principle. You can't reverse the process. lala says: " Promote me and then i'll quit sleeping on the the job." booboo says:" Let me play zhu gong and i'll jump higher & stop slacking. "
Another lesson we learn is that when you plant a dozen been seeds, you don't get a dozen bean plants. Rahrah plants his bean seeds . Some get burned up dried up or whatever! to find a few regular customers, you begin with a hundred. To spike the right way, you try out a lot of ways.
This part here is for a friend of mine. Haha work hard for your nationals champs. Train hard, spike well. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart. Jiayou, friend :)
