An Analogy

Imagine yourself as a monkey in a tree full of monkeys... There are many branches, and you are in one of the lower branches... No matter which branch you choose to go, there are a lot of monkeys higher up in the trees. So you have to take whatever s**t that has dropped from up there... There may come a point when you cannot take it anymore, so you can either choose to find a branch that can help you climb higher, or simply leave the tree...

PS: this analogy is given to me by JT, whom I met on my way back from the office today.