Chapter 10
—Getting rolled around like a dog for a year is better than isolating oneself and training for ten years.
That was one of the phrases that my master, the Strongest Under the Heavens, Baek Nogwang, often said.
It simply meant that there could be no growth without hardship.
Of course, Master also said that hardship wasn’t a simple obstacle in one’s life but rather a “situation that could be used to motivate oneself.”
—What do you mean?
—Of course, the attitude of the one listening is much more important than the one who is teaching. Even if you receive the greatest advice in the world, what’s the point if you let it go in one ear and out the other?
—You’re off topic again...
Master, who would’ve normally struck me over the head at this point, instead gave a slight smile.
—People can become whatever they want to be if they put their mind to it. Talent is secondary.
