Before you start reading, some students may already have the answer in their minds: that ordinary people definitely can’t become Zhang Xue, or that it requires too harsh a kind of luck, so the probability is so low it’s not something you can imitate—right?

Zhang Xue’s height is timing, location, and people aligned—it’s not something you can replicate. We all know this. We can’t think that because Zhang Xue succeeded after graduating from middle school, studying is useless; or that if you stop studying and just do what you love, you can succeed. We also can’t claim that since Zhang Xue had no background at all, and still pulled off an ordinary person’s comeback, that background and resources aren’t important for someone’s success.

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Those are not reasons for ordinary people to comfort themselves with, “I’m destined not to succeed.”

Let me predict this: Zhang Xue’s fame may be fine up to here. But if it keeps fermenting, he could end up falling very badly. When inspirational stories become so familiar that everyone can use them to educate people who don’t work hard and don’t succeed, people will inevitably dismantle Zhang Xue from the opposite angle. They will look for every piece of information and evidence they can find, exaggerate the role of all external factors—just to prove that Zhang Xue was lucky, and not because of anything inspirational he did. Because people won’t allow the idea that “if you grind it out, you’ll eventually succeed” to hold true. Once it does, then any failure has to be blamed on the individual.

What is an ordinary person? An ordinary person is someone who is ordinary in every way, with almost no strengths. Among many groups that call themselves “ordinary,” Zhang Xue is even considered a lower-tier ordinary person—from looks to intelligence to emotional intelligence to family background. It’s hard to find any point where Zhang Xue can surpass these ordinary people. So why did he succeed too? A one-off case. It must be a one-off.

Let’s take one more step back. If Zhang Xue hadn’t achieved fame and success this time, wouldn’t he still count as successful? He actually was successful—an ordinary person with no education and no background, yet able to run a business like this; isn’t that success? Why must you package luck onto “the world’s No. 1,” and only then say it’s “not replicable”? If you don’t have the luck to become the world’s No. 1, then with decades of grinding it out and loving a single thing, even if you don’t have education or background and your IQ is just average—tell me: can you really live better than the “ordinary person” you currently believe you are?

I’ve seen more cases than most people, and I can tell you clearly: it’s entirely possible—even if you don’t have particularly good luck.

Zhang Xue met a few benefactors. Yes. But if he hadn’t met these people, would he not have succeeded? He might not have been able to produce world-class top-tier work. Maybe his company and brand wouldn’t have grown that big. Maybe there wouldn’t be that much discussion about him online. But if Zhang San didn’t appreciate him, then Li Si would. At that point, wouldn’t you say his success was because he was lucky and caught Li Si’s eye? Why do you ignore the possibility that his luck might not have been good— that he could have been overlooked long ago by a potential benefactor, Zhang San?

Zhang Xue isn’t some child favored by heaven. He’s simply someone with an extreme love for one thing—he just wants to build the fastest motorcycle. This process is not only not smooth sailing; it’s actually just like many ordinary people doing something normally. He stepped into all the traps that most people end up stepping into, faced all kinds of technical hurdles, and even experienced startup failure, losing money—and to a certain extent, even lost credibility. At that time, does your love for this thing still hold? Do you still stubbornly grind out the details, believing that once you optimize those details, you’ll end up with a faster car? If your goal is to build a faster car, does a failed startup stop you from continuing to improve the details? Unless your goal isn’t in the motorcycle itself.

The reason ordinary people are ordinary isn’t because they’re ordinary in every aspect, but because they lack extreme love for any one thing—and they always love to find reasons for themselves, find excuses. When they run into difficulties and setbacks, a whole bunch of negative thoughts pop up—so what causes this situation? It’s because what they want is only the flowers and applause after success, not the honest willingness to improve every detail on the ground and, from that, gain a sense of fulfillment.

In any field, to reach the world’s top level is hard. It really is a matter of timing, location, and people aligned. Many people, even if they grind it out for a whole lifetime, end up having to see what fate brings. But the point is: ordinary people, through crazy passion and relentless deep research into one thing, can make their lives “less ordinary.” The bar isn’t high—education, IQ, background, none of it is necessary. If you believe, “If you grind on, you’ll eventually succeed,” then it will. But if you believe “Nothing is difficult in the world if you’re willing to give up,” then it definitely won’t.

This isn’t a question of luck or no luck. When it comes to achieving small successes, luck doesn’t get to be the deciding factor.#WCTC交易赛瓜分800万USDT