Once I asked a German, "You have a population of only 80 million in Germany, but there are over 2,300 world brands and 108 Nobel Prize winners. Don't Germans feel particularly superior?" The German, after hearing this, looked particularly confused and said, "What does this have to do with me? I didn't participate in creating these achievements; 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 taken aback the first time I heard this response. Because from a young age, haven’t we been accustomed to seeking a sense of identity from these external labels? But have you ever thought that when we always rely on saying, "I am from here, I work at this company, I graduated from this school," to prove ourselves, we are actually using other people's achievements to enhance our own image? It's like standing in the shadow of oneself and mistakenly believing one is grand. In fact, the achievements that Germany has today are backed by profound cultural logic. Germany is the only country that explicitly writes the obligation of parents to raise children into its constitution. Compared to imparting knowledge, Germans pay more attention to imparting skills, focusing on cultivating lifelong habits and problem-solving abilities in children. This reminds me of the first few years when I started working; I always liked to emphasize the school I graduated from and the company I worked for during self-introductions, as if these labels could make me seem more valuable. Until one day, a guy directly asked me, "What else can you do besides these? What can you do yourself?" At that moment, I realized that true confidence does not come from who I am, but from what I can do. Since then, I began to focus on improving my actual abilities, letting my work speak for itself and proving myself with results. When we no longer need other people's achievements to validate ourselves, that inner strength becomes the most powerful.