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It doesn't take much to piss someone off. But it also doesn't take much to win someone's love and respect. A Korean journalist (from here on referenced as Ms.
by avindroth 10y ago
It doesn't take much to piss someone off.
But it also doesn't take much to win someone's love and respect.
A Korean journalist (from here on referenced as Ms. Kim) once interviewed Guus Hiddink, the football coach for 2002 World Cup SK National Team. The SK team had placed fourth, an unprecedented miracle. Hiddink instantly became a household name in Korea.
After the World Cup, countless journalists interviewed him; but Kim sought to foster this relationship — to win Hiddink's love and respect.
Upon finishing the interview, Kim, the journalist, handed Hiddink a portable drive with highlights of all the matches he coached this World Cup.
She gleefully recommended that he watch them on the flight back home.
Hiddink was so touched by her care that he took her out for lunch two days later. This time, Ms. Kim brought kimchi that her grandmother made, and shared that story at the table.
Kim and Hiddink kept in touch, and five years later, Hiddink came to her wedding.
Hiddink flew half-way around the globe for the wedding of a journalist — whose initial meeting was a typical interview.
Hundreds of people interviewed Hiddink. But only one managed to get him to come to her wedding.
And all she spent was a little time, care, and attention.
- huac 10y agothat actually sounds like a lot of effort
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 10y agoA lot of effort on somebody's part. Probably an intern.
- avindroth 10y agoRecordings of matches were just raw video files. No editing or anything. "Highlights" must have given the wrong impression!
- busyant 10y agoI thought the punch line was going to be that Hiddink was duped into installing malware on his laptop that recorded and broadcast his tactical plans for future matches.
- hasenj 10y agoIt would be rather hubristic for a random Joe developer to want that kind of treatment. You're not a national hero.