Imagine the child prodigy. Everyone tells them how special they are and everybody is envious of their advances. The child certainly sees this and, for some, it becomes the motivation to press on.
However, there appears to come a time when the desire for achievement advances beyond the quest for excellence.
The child prodigy then uses his extraordinary talents in boring or ordinary ways. They look for the safe roads of guaranteed success rather than a curious and creative pursuit that could be revolutionary but also has a high risk of failure.
It would appear that the pursuit of success rather than the pursuit of purity in the work you do leads to risk aversion and potentially wasted talent and potential.
The riskiest way to conduct yourself is by taking no risks.