There’s something: if you keep doing it for three days, it’s just an impulse; if you stick with it for three months, you’ve only just started; if you can do it for three years, then it truly counts as a career.
If you enter the field in three years, you’ll know the ropes in five years, and in ten years you’ll be the king of the craft. In truth, every industry is hard. Better to spend ten years doing one thing than to try to do ten things in one year.
An anxious heart makes it hard to find your way; if you rush, you won’t succeed. When pressure is highest, you must learn to stay calm. If you can endure, you will stand out; if you can’t, you’ll be out. Success doesn’t come from grand promises, but from down-to-earth, steady, continuous effort.
Doing something for three days is just a passing whim;
for three months means you are just getting started;
but sticking to it for three‑years makes it your true career.

Three years to step into the trade,
five years to understand it thoroughly,
ten years to rise above others.

Every industry is tough.
Better spend ten years mastering one thing,
than one‑year dabbling in ten different things.

A restless heart makes for confused choices.
Haste never brings success.
The greater the pressure, the calmer you must stay.

Those who endure will stand out;
those who cannot will fall behind.

Success comes not from grand boasts,
but from steady, consistent hard‑work.