Someone once said "if there is a difference between being average and excellent, and excellent is an option, how do you settle for average?". Sucesss in your career is seeing opportunities and going after them, and never forget all the great opportunities in life you have been given. Remember they were only OPPORTUNITIES at the time. What you DID with those opportunities is what will define you. I was given an opportunity to train killer whales at the age of 21. When I had my yearly review, Bruce Stephens, the director of training said "I want you to take more of initiative", and so I trained a lot of what you see with another trainer on three killer whales from scratch.