The real power here lies in the word "choose"—Musk isn't saying extraordinary people are born different, but that the decision itself *is* the difference. Most of us assume greatness requires special genes or lucky circumstances, which gives us permission to stay comfortable. Yet he's arguing that an ordinary accountant or teacher becomes extraordinary the moment she decides her work matters enough to demand excellence from herself, even when no one's watching. That choice, repeated daily in small ways, is what separates the person who merely does her job from the one who actually changes something within her sphere.