People who are truly important to me advised me to be humble. My uncle-in-law, and Mingyu. Jiye also told me to be humble. There were times when I only started practicing after losing a match. That's better than someone who doesn't practice at all after losing, but a humble person is someone who prepares in advance. Someone with the mindset of preparing ahead, anticipating that they might fall short. Just because I took 10 hours of driving lessons doesn't mean I should immediately start driving on my own — that would be arrogant. Let's check whether I can truly drive safely with someone else in the car. And in programming too, I need to build the habit of rigorously questioning whether my work is truly the best it can be and checking for errors.
While playing table tennis matches, I think I became a bit arrogant. Like the frog that forgot its tadpole days, I quickly became cocky, goofed around, and didn't give my best effort in matches. And when matches didn't go well, instead of acknowledging my own shortcomings, I blamed the environment, the racket, or luck. I need to humbly accept that my skills have declined and channel that into a determination to improve.
Now, a new career begins at a new place. It's a position, a place, and a time where I could easily become arrogant. Let's not boast about how good I am — let's show it through results and actions.