It's only hard to know where to begin because you're seriously expanding the topic. Let's take point 5: "You are the ONLY vested participant in the game [...]"

It's only hard to know where to begin because you're seriously expanding the topic. Let's take point 5: "You are the ONLY vested participant in the game [...]" The point of the post was that working harder is one of the few resources under your control for working toward a goal for which there is competition. Whether there are other vested participants is irrelevant to that point. Whether there are costs to your family is a quality-of-life choice and a moral choice, but doesn't say a single thing about whether working harder makes you more likely to achieve your goal.