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Chapter 17: Putting in Effort
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."
-Napoleon Hill-
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“Young master, that’s not how you make the sauce. You need to mix them like this.” The chef told Max about it as he patiently showed him the correct way to mix the sauce together.
“What is the difference anyway? Either way it’s going to be mixed.” Max groaned.
“Well, to make the perfect sauce for the lasagna, you need to properly measure the ingredients and use your feelings in the making.” The chef replied.
“This is stupid.” He grunted as he started doing exactly as the chef showed him earlier. One might be wondering what was happening.
Well, thirty minutes earlier, Maximus approached the private chefs who were getting ready to make breakfast and made a request to them.
“Teach me how to make lasagna.” Well, it was more like an order. At fir
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