Sunday Firesides: The Surprising Thinness of the Competitive Crowd

The prospect of finding success in this world can feel rather daunting and demoralizing. Every job opening seems to garner hordes of other applicants. Every good idea seems to have already been taken. Every market and niche seems saturated.

But the apparent glut of competition standing between you and the chance to rise is largely an illusion.

Sure, your …