Deterministic Niche

People act like everyone “chooses their lane.”

But if someone is:

• not attractive,

• not talented,

• not dynamic,

• not original…

…and they end up doing something ultra-niche?

Let’s be honest:

It probably wasn’t a choice.

It was the only lane where they weren’t outcompeted.

Most people don’t boldly pick a niche —they retreat into it because the wider arenas don’t reward them.

Constraints masquerade as preferences.

Survival gets repackaged as “finding your passion.”

People call it “specialization,” but really, it’s just the one place left where no one else wants to fight.

That’s why you’ll always see the same pattern:

Exceptional people don’t need to go niche.

Everyone else goes niche by default.