Do My Best

Chinese people say that people fall short of success for lack of a final effort. It means that no one should put in 1/2 of the effort, unless they're okay with 1/2 of  the result. I remember a Chinese story. Once upon a time, there was a young man living in a village. One year, there hadn't been rain for about four months. He decided to dig a well. He looked for a place where perhaps was a fountain. He started to dig and dig. He spent much time to dig the well, but there was nothing. He decided to give up and to find a new place. His father knew about it. "son, to abandon work that has been seriously undertaken is a failure to succeed for lack of a final effort. Why do you discontinue you effort?" his father said. The young man listened to his father and dug the hole deeper. Sure enough water filled the well. If you want to succeed in life, you don't put in 1/2 of the effort, unless you're okay with 1/2 of the result.