the general trajectory of things are 1 realise you're good at something 2 do it loads 3 want to do more things to improve holistically 4 take risks 5 some pay off some don't 6 realise the reasons you were able to take those risks in the first place = the things you're good at 7 do more of those things but integrate it more heavily into the risks you took that were not yet fully successful 8 succeed 9 take more risks 10 back to 5