We all want to be drivers, but what we really end up becoming, at the end of the day, is the side person. And that is fine, but it means you will be limited in how far you can go on your own. In the real world, this implies that you look to others and that you are only comfortable walking in the shoes of others, following only the known path. If that is what you want, fine, but do not get yourself into irritation by thinking that you will be in the driving seat.

To be a driver, you need to self-initiate. You need to put yourself in the seat and, step by step, learn and master the constraints of your vehicle, which can be different for each person. Before learning about any vehicle, you first need to identify your fit, in other words, your field of interest. From there, you decide how you want to drive yourself up the competence hierarchy toward the edges of explored possibilities, so that you either find new ones or integrate existing ones.

Copying or venturing only into the known implies limited exposure. And even if you end up in the driving seat, your inexperience with the constraints will limit your pace.