Inspiring article: Expertise means being unsurpassed by anyone else

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Inspiring article: Excellence means being unsurpassed. Bai Yansong is a host I really admire. The format and approach of the programs he hosts are unique, and his ability to handle situations on the spot is outstanding. Once, a journalist interviewed him and asked, “Hello, Bai Yansong. With so many young hosts emerging in the field of hosting these days, are you worried that you might be overtaken by the younger generation?” ” 　　 　　Bai Yansong smiled slightly and replied, “I’m not afraid at all, because in this field, I’ve been constantly working hard to improve my skills.” When one person starts far ahead of others and works hard to improve themselves, it becomes very difficult for others to catch up with them. What I want to say is that Bai Yansong’s professional spirit of “constant improvement” is truly admirable. 　　 　　Once, China Central Television had an interview program called \"Everyone\", in which the guests were all elderly people in their eighties and nineties. Although they were already quite old, when they talked about their areas of expertise, their eyes reflected an unstoppable passion. To describe in eight characters the elders’ passion for their profession or industry: magnificent and advancing by leaps and bounds. 　　 　　I was particularly impressed by the program in which Wu Mengchao, an expert in liver and biliary diseases from Shanghai, took part in the interview. 　　 　　Dr. Wu is a doctor at Shanghai Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital; he devoted his entire life to studying one human organ – the liver – with honesty and dedication, doing nothing else. Therefore, his expertise in this field of research is unmatched. 　　 　　As a doctor, Dr. Wu is well aware that 99.999% of failures in liver surgeries are due to excessive blood loss. Therefore, Dr. Wu wondered whether it was possible to avoid excessive blood loss during the surgery as much as possible. His greatest dream at that time was to create the best liver specimens in the world. (Life of Inspiration www.lz13.cn) The technical challenge in creating liver specimens lies in the fact that the human liver has four types of blood vessels, and it is necessary to use suitable materials in order to succeed. Mr. Wu had conducted thousands of experiments without success. For this reason, he thought about this problem every day – at work, after work, while walking, even while eating – but the problem remained unsolved, and Mr. Wu was at a loss as well. 　　 　　There is a saying in English: God helps those who help themselves. (Heaven helps those who assist themselves.) There is also a saying in China: Opportunities favor only those who are prepared. These two sentences were once again fulfilled in Mr. Wu’s case. 　　 　　Once, while washing vegetables at home, Mr. Wu noticed that the faucet could be opened and closed freely. He then developed a device that could control bleeding in the liver, allowing it to be stopped or allowed to continue just like with a faucet. Another time, when Chinese table tennis won a world championship, he was extremely excited. Since he had not yet conducted experiments using table tennis balls, he went straight to the store and bought some to use in his experiments as material for the blood vessels in liver specimens, and once again he was successful. Later on, Dr. Wu’s research on the liver became far ahead of that of other experts around the world, leaving foreigners in awe! 　　 　　So, if you haven’t succeeded yet, it’s because you haven’t thought about something with madness, with utter obsession. I still haven’t reached the point where I think about eating while walking, thinking while awake, or thinking while sleeping. 　　 　　What surprised me further was that when Mr. Wu was interviewed, he was in his 80s and his hands were trembling constantly; yet once a liver specimen was placed in his hands, the trembling stopped immediately. 　　 　　After watching the program, I had many thoughts. In fact, masters are also ordinary people; in life, they are no different from you, me, or anyone else. The only difference between them and ordinary people is their obsessive, passionate love for their field, along with their exceptional and unparalleled professional skills. 　　 　　The master is far from us as well as close to us; as long as we understand these three sentences below, we can get closer to the master, to excellence, and even to greatness. 　　 　　Everyone here are ordinary people who have accomplished amazing things in extremely small fields. 　　 　　Everyone here are ordinary people who have reached an extremely high level of professionalism in their respective fields. 　　 　　Everyone are ordinary people who have solved a major problem and brought benefits to humanity. 　　 　　If you want to become a leader in your industry, first of all, make your professional skills unsurpassed by anyone else!