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Elian took this instruction literally and furiously. He believed that the key to mastery was relentless action. He would grab his heaviest hammer and strike the stone as hard and as fast as he could. The workshop echoed with the sound of his industry. Sweat poured off him, and by lunchtime, his pile of broken rock chips was enormous. He felt a deep sense of pride in his exhaustion. "Look how much work I am doing," he would think.

At the start of each day, the Master would place a rough boulder in front of each apprentice and give a single instruction: "Shape the stone." xhttps://www.google.com

After one month, the Master inspected their work. Elian took this instruction literally and furiously