to know your place - and this can be interpreted in two ways. Negatively expressed, 'knowing your place' can mean anything but that. In other words, you can be inclined to succumb to whatever society expects from your class, race, creed, material standing, etc. There could also be a compensatory reaction to this whereby you avoid and resist what these things demand of you or brand you as - but without actually doing your own thing either.
Alternatively, you appreciate that your place in the world is what you establish through your own efforts and then your strong streak of self-determination comes into being, along with your inherent sense of discipline and orderliness. By exploiting what business and society have to offer, rather than getting bogged down in it, you can become the archetypal self-made person.
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