Most ordinary people think, ah, no need to take care about the future first. It can be done later. The most important thing now is how to go through life one day ahead. Life is hard now, so there is no time to think about the future. The present is more important and valuable.
Ordinary people think that if they do well now, then a bright future will come by itself. Well, here's the problematic way of thinking. Even if you always try your best today, the future still you have to design your own and the future will not pick you up. When you realize this, ordinary people will become unhappy and depressed.
Successful people will keep designing their future, even though they are aware that the life they are living now is very heavy and tortuous. Nevertheless, they dare to feel a much heavier burden many times over to build their future. They will bet and try to build a project that is not even known how many percent of the project can be successful.