“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Discussion
Just heard this the other day, can’t remember where
I am a part of everything that I have read.
I believe the optimal strategy is to be neither the doer nor the critic, but rather the key man behind the doer -- working behind the scenes, supplying him with technical and operational support. The one the doer depends upon and is grateful for. Well paid and well positioned to profit if he succeeds, but enough distance to not be on the critic's radar and to walk away unscathed if he fails. Much better reward/risk ratio in my experience.
You are fundamentally and absolutely, categorically and completely, overwhelmingly and reassuringly, correct.
And now…
Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men, but where have they been?

putting all fundos into the arena
Said one of the worst and most permanently damaging presidents in the history of the United States.