This is a famous saying of Bernard Shaw.
We often say that we should know ourselves and find ourselves, and this sentence gives us greater possibilities, that is, to create ourselves.
How to create yourself? Who you are, what you do makes you. Furthermore, your choice becomes yourself, and your goals and corresponding actions make you yourself.
In other words, you can create yourself or change yourself.
It depends on what kind of life you want, what expectations you have for life, or what kind of life goals you have.
Goals determine actions and life. People with lofty goals are more likely to look down on the immediate predicament and try to break it, thus creating more possibilities.
For example. In the same gloomy situation, some people sigh sadly, but they can look up at the stars and the sea from the mud with goals in their hearts. How a situation affects you depends entirely on how you interpret its role in life.
When you know your direction, you can open the brightest window. Aim high and live a good life, and the suffering will eventually dilute.
Whenever you ask, "What is the most important thing in my life? What can make other things less difficult and important? " You aim at your life with the most important thing.
Therefore, the more important purpose of life is not to find yourself, but to create yourself. When you "don't ask the result, just look at the direction", you will find a steady stream of life motivation, which can make you learn to wait, learn to persist and learn to be detached. These are the most basic requirements for achieving Excellence.