The Mountain Only Moves If You Start Digging

Why an ancient Chinese myth still matters in the fight for change today

Most people avoid big problems. They say, “It’s too hard” or “It won’t change in my lifetime.”
In ancient China, there was a man who refused to think that way.

Yu Gong(Stupid old man) lived in a village blocked by two massive mountains. He was old. He was poor. And he decided to remove both mountains with nothing but a shovel.
His neighbors laughed. They t…