Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.

如果你不参与，你就无法获胜。

永远不要在不了解公司财务状况的情况下投资。股票中最大的损失来自资产负债表不佳的公司。

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.