Territory has to be earned.

There is no other way.

There is no shortcut.

No one can give you your territory.

The only way to earn it is by showing up day after day, doing the work, whether someone cares or not.

There’s a three-legged coyote who lives up the hill from me. All the garbage cans in the neighborhood belong to him. It’s his territory. Every now and then some four-legged intruder tries to take over. They can’t do it. On his home turf, even a peg-leg critter is invincible.

~ Steven Pressfield, The War of Art