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Haitian proverb: Behind mountains are more mountains.

A parable about a samurai told mastery takes 10 years, or 20 if he works twice as hard, because fixing one eye on the destination leaves only one eye to find the way.

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  1. 0:00
    Abschnitt 1 There's this revered master, who everybody wants to study under and it's it's almost impossible to get to him.
  2. 0:31
    Abschnitt 2 >> [music] >> harder?" The master replies, "If you have one eye fixed on your destination, then you only have [music] one eye left to find your way."

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0:00There's this revered master, who everybody wants to study under and it's it's almost impossible to get to him. And so he's interviewing candidates. And the aspiring samurai [music] comes to him and says, "How long will it take me to be a master?" And he says, [music] "10 years." And so then, the young samurai, eager to kind of prove himself, [music] he's like, "Well, what if I work twice as hard and I work day and night to to become a master? How long will it take then?" And so the master sits back and looks at him and says, "20 [music] years." The young samurai is like, "Wait, what? How can I How can it take twice as long if I if I'm working

0:31>> [music] >> harder?" The master replies, "If you have one eye fixed on your destination, then you only have [music] one eye left to find your way."