Many people believe in fatalism, and I personally believe in fate as well, but why should we still strive? In my view, fate is the factory setting, while fortune is something you can strive for. Your factory setting is not something you can decide. Some people are born in Rome, starting at a very high point, which is indeed something that cannot be chosen or changed. But the meaning of effort lies in determining whether you can touch the upper limit of your own destiny. For example, some people's range of destiny might be 1–10, while others might be 10–50. If you don't put in the effort, you might forever stay at 1 or 10; but if you work hard enough, you can get close to the limit of 10, or even reach the ceiling of 50. The meaning of effort is to bring you as close as possible to the upper limit of your destiny, achieving your own extreme.