lose at the starting line 輸在起跑線

lose at the starting line
繁：輸在起跑線
简：输在起跑线

上位難、買樓難，年輕網民不時慨嘆「成功靠父幹」。長和﹙0001﹚主席李嘉誠出席汕頭大學畢業典禮致辭時就忠告，有這樣心態的愚人其實已「輸在起跑線上」，寄語大學生要升級做智者，就要把思維從「為」（to do）變「成為」（to be）；想打造自己的命運，就要懂得「善擇」，通過自律達成「鐵杵成針」。

輸在起跑線的秘密　李嘉誠：愚人先以為「成功靠父幹」（2017年6月27日）。香港 01，取自 https://www.hk01.com/article/100743

“There is a culture of fear in our society,” says Sarah Ip Miu-yin, a clinical psychologist who wrote a book on parenting in Hong Kong. “Parents fear their children will lose at the starting line. It’s not normal, and it’ll get worse, as children will be influenced by parents’ beliefs.”

Hong Kong parents say pushing children too hard doesn’t work. (2014, March 30). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1460601/hong-kong-parents-say-pushing-children-too-hard-doesnt-work