Once I asked a German, "You have only 80 million people in Germany, but there are over 2,300 world brands and 108 Nobel Prize winners. Don't Germans feel particularly superior?" The German was very confused after hearing this and said, "What does that have to do with me? I didn't participate in creating these achievements, so why should I feel proud? Being born in a certain country is just random, what do I have to be proud of?" To be honest, I was also stunned when I first heard this answer. Because from a young age, haven't we all been accustomed to seeking a sense of identity from these external labels? But have you ever thought about it? When we always rely on saying, 'I am from this place,' 'I work at this company,' 'I graduated from this school,' to prove ourselves, we are actually using others' achievements to embellish ourselves. It’s like standing in the shadow of oneself and mistakenly believing that we are also great. In fact, the achievements of Germany today are backed by profound cultural logic. Germany is the only country that explicitly writes the obligation of parents to educate their children into its constitution. Compared to imparting knowledge, Germans pay more attention to teaching skills, focusing on cultivating lifelong habits and problem-solving abilities in children. I remember in the first few years of my career, I also liked to emphasize the school I graduated from and the company I worked for during self-introductions, as if these labels would make me seem more valuable. It wasn't until one time when a big brother directly asked me, "What else can you do apart from these? What can you do yourself?" At that moment, I realized that true confidence comes not from who I am, but from what I can do. Since then, I started to focus on improving my practical abilities, letting my work speak for itself and proving with results. When we no longer need others' achievements to validate ourselves, that inner strength is the most powerful.