It's easier to get to the top when you're shooting for the top.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is always this perception that you want to shoot for the top, but I think there's this great place to shoot for the middle and get consistent work and try different things and do the work you want to do with the kind of people you want to do it with.
Getting to the top is one thing, but staying there is quite another. That's the difficult bit.
It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.
I know what it takes to get to the top.
Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top.
It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
Getting to the top isn't bad, and it's probably best done as an afterthought.
Getting to the top is not so easy; staying there is more difficult.