The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.

我是个幸存者，我不会放弃。

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

我不是天后。我是一个正在进行中的作品。