Start early. Benchmark with the leaders. Be prepared to work as hard as them, and actually do it for enough years to make a difference. Outlive them. This i

Start early. Benchmark with the leaders. Be prepared to work as hard as them, and actually do it for enough years to make a difference. Outlive them. This is what you were planning to do when you started early. For a pursuit where skill building is a function of effort over a lifetime. In sports I guess that would be your athletic lifetime.