49% and 51%, The Difference of That 1%

'Easy success' seems not to exist in this world.
Sometimes we see people around us who always seem to work casually with a bright face, yet achieve great results.
But once you get a little closer and hear their real story, it immediately becomes clear that they're incredible hard workers. Things aren't what they seem on the surface.

Lee Young-seok, the president who became famous as the bachelor vegetable vendor selling 'fresh vegetables and fruits' in Daechi-dong, Seoul. On the surface, he might seem like a 'lucky young man' who picked the right item and marketed well in the health-conscious 'well-being era.'

But he wakes up at 2 AM every day and rushes to the agricultural wholesale market. To find the freshest produce. 
From 2 AM until the store closes at 7 PM, he's nonstop busy. Even after closing at 7 PM, there's inventory to organize and sales to tally, so the earliest President Lee gets to bed is probably 9 or 10 PM.

On cold winter days, getting up at 2 AM and picking produce at the agricultural wholesale market in biting wind until dawn -- that really can't be easy.

In a different field, I know a lawyer well. He's a partner at a major law firm, has both Korean and US bar licenses, always has a smiling face -- he looks like the epitome of someone living comfortably.

But look a little closer, and his life is a continuous string of 'hardship.' Perhaps because he has many international cases, he can barely leave work. Several times a week, he works at the office until dawn, stops home briefly to change clothes, and heads right back.
He works Saturdays as a matter of course, and the number of Sundays he doesn't go to the office can be counted on one hand per year.
Since he needs to bring in clients, he has to drink a lot of alcohol in the evenings that doesn't even agree with him.

From vegetable vendors to lawyers. Nothing is easy. That's why so many people go through life with the phrase "I'm going to quit tomorrow" on their lips.
Because the work is physically too hard, because conflicts arise with bosses or colleagues, because despite running hard there are no results...
49% of our hearts are always filled with the thought of 'quitting in grand fashion,' 'throwing our resignation letter with satisfaction,' and looking for something new.

Are you going through a tough time lately? It's the same in any field -- nothing is easy. 

49% and 51%, The Difference of That 1%. 
Let's pull ourselves together and give it another go today. 
Only those who produce results in what they do now can succeed in other things far into the future.