This was quite though provoking. I interpret the message you/the author you quoted as twofold:

(I) It's hard not to focus on the next step, thereby jumping ahead, trying for to much too soon, which in turn will mean that you probably won't have the necessary skill for what you're currently doing, and especially not for what you want to do in the future. This will always place you in a state of incompetence.

(II) Always looking at what might be around the next corner instead of taking in the current situation fully could turn your life into a rat race where you never slow down and enjoy your success.

I'm not sure about if you implied the second point though.

For a person like me, who's got "improvement" tattooed into my forehead (or at least I act like that was the case), I'm always trying to reflect upon my endeavors in life, as to avoid just keep on going on autopilot without thinking about the direction I'm heading. However, this is easier said than done.

I tend to see myself as living in a constant flow of always improving, although my goal isn't set on promotion or money, but rather on self-enhancement and skill-developing. If I'm not constantly improving, I don't feel like myself.

So, I guess it's important to see that it's impossible to build a multi-story building without making sure that every floor is really solidly built. However, for me, it's always that thought of the possibility that I soon could get to another role that drives me. Maybe I'm interpreting your rant in a too abstract way, applying it to stages in understanding and comprehension rather than company positions, but this is really what gives my life meaning, at least for the moment. I've thought about this for quite some time, and I'm still trying to make up my mind if this is a good way to go about with life.

I'll admit that my happiest moments have been both during stand stills and during windows of opportunity. To not feel the pressure to keep on going is wonderful, but I've never experienced it for longer than 24 hours (at least not in recent years...I can't really remember my mindset in childhood).

Sorry. I'm just rambling now. It's 4 am here in Norway, I just saw your video, and felt that I had to reflect upon it. Might as well write my thoughts down in a comment as in thinking about them before going to sleep, probably resulting in retrograde amnesia in the morning.

Do you have any comments? Could we expand the concept of endeavor? Does anything of what I said relate to what you were trying to convey or did I interpret it way to far?

Anyhow. Nice to see videos like this on Vimeo. Do indeed create more of them. You inspired me to do something similar.