Tom Krieglstein shows how a 100-gram iron bar worth $100 becomes worth $15 million when shaped into precision laser components. The point: your value isn't what you're made of, but what you do with it.
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Did you know that this 100 gram iron bar, the raw value of it is $100. But if you decided to take that iron bar and turn it into horseshoes, the value would increase to $250. Woohoo. But if instead you decided to take it and make little sewing needles, the value would increase to a whopping $70,000. But if you decided to produce watch spray and gears, and the value would increase to over $6 million. However, still, if you decided to manufacture precise laser components out of it, like the ones we use in lithography, it would be worth $15 million. The idea here is that your value is not what you're made of, but it's what you do with who you are.