To torture this analogy a bit, the post you're responding to is basically saying: If you're middle class, maybe you can't take shot after shot at the full dist

To torture this analogy a bit, the post you're responding to is basically saying: If you're middle class, maybe you can't take shot after shot at the full distance, but you can start close to the target and incrementally step further away. To mix analogies, there's nothing in business that says you have to swing for the fences on your first attempt.