“No. We’re here to talk about my core principle. It’s a simple one—the idea that all skill, from sword mastery to dance to cooking to smithing, has foundational skills from which everything else stems. No matter how sophisticated or advanced the technique, it is, in some way, an extension of the foundational techniques.” “I hate to break it to you,” Gary said, “but that principle is as much yours as it is everyone’s who has ever done anything.” “Yes,” Virid agreed. “One might consider it the core principle of all skill. Yet, despite knowing this simple truth, so many disregard it. They rush towards complexity, always seeking to push the boundaries without fully exploring the depths that the fundamentals have to offer. In doing so, they fail to grasp that foundations are where the greatest depths lie. The very things they seek are fragments of a greater whole.”
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