You must be diligent, disciplined, and focused—that's the first floor.
You need to shift your mindset so that you become someone everyone loves, someone who shines wherever they go, and build a fallback plan for yourself. That's the second floor.
If you haven't finished building these two floors but are already dreaming about the third, you're just being a gambler.
Overthinking is when you want something the most but still hesitate. You're afraid to let go, even though you have nothing. What exactly are you worried about?
Is it a benefit or a detriment if you are removed or replaced by structural changes? If it's a benefit, or if no drawbacks arise, then it means you are merely filling space. You're coasting. You add no extra value. You're just a mouthpiece. Everyone has to prove their usefulness by continuously delivering value.
It's not hard to let people take advantage of you, then play dumb afterward and butter them up with a few compliments.
If you steal a bowl of noodles from someone, and you compensate them with a bowl of noodles — is that punishment?
No. That's enabling.