Whatever you be, be good at it. The best of the best in most fields of work get the largest rewards for being the best.
Growth in your business, finance, and personal gratification is not linear when you develop valuable skills. It is exponential. As you get better and better and move into the top 1% of skilled people in your position, your salary should be doubling, tripling, and more!
This is why we should not ignore marginal gains. Getting a little bit better here and there will equate to edges we develop in our skills and getting a tiny bit better in ten places, makes us 100x more valuable. That’s not hyperbole, that’s a genuine statement. It might equate to more than 100x the value depending on the work you do.
Focus on getting good, even in the small details.