For most people they have to work their way up into closed off communities where it could be a situation of elite groups of people trying to hold off resources and opportunities for themselves. That usually means starting at the bottom and building a reputation until you are recognize as a leader of sort to be invited to more exclusive opportunities. So while that should be a good thing, I was reading one example on how a person was doing very well just operating outside of the richest opportunities as he could have just retired that way too. But, when he got the opportunity to play in the big leagues he jumped at it. The stipulation was he couldn’t do business with people outside of the more expensive products.
When he got in, he wasn’t doing very well as he had to fundamentally compete with people who have been at it for years at the top level where everything seemed very guarded. Not surprisingly, those people were not receptive of the idea of giving up any market share for others as it was a typical dog eat dog kind of world. Therefore, this person was expressing how he should have just stayed in the other markets even though they are not as glamorous opportunities. If anything, he should have built up say more wealth before venturing into that shark pool I guess you can say.
Taking your time can be a good thing as many people often think it’s great to just jump in to the bigger leagues right when you can. This isn’t fiction unfortunately as people are often ruthless in protecting their market share and wealth. You have to think if it’s worth it to enter that realm If what you are doing is still working while being scalable.