I guess I have tended to have a pretty pragmatic approach to life...

Back in "another life" I almost went on the pro golf tour when I was 20. I was good enough to be somewhat competitive, but I never had any vision of being some great champion or "the best;" I just saw it as (possibly) doing something I enjoyed and getting paid for it. I saw the pro tour as the potential to just try to "place" every week and maybe make $2000 a week during the "season" as a result of being "decent" at it. "Winning" was never part of the picture.

As it happened, life circumstances eliminated that particular life path... however, the underlying approach to life has always remained; it even applies to what I do here on Steemit; I participate persistently, do my best, might be "top-500" in the community and feel grateful when that translates into a $20 post.

I've heard the "crabs in a bucket" thing before and generally reject it; my version is more like "If I can have it, I can help YOU have it, too."

I know. It's very UN-American and UN-Capitalistic of me...