While it's fun to be a big fish in a small pond, it can also keep you from becoming the fish you wish to become.

“The brief was relatively simple – design a living area that would cater ... What’s interesting is the 1.2m fish pond – also used as a swimming pool – on the highest floor of the house ...

To choose something elite is, more often than not, to choose being a little fish in a big pond, he says, since only a select few will shine among the best. He believes people are generally better ...