If you fear losing status you never deserved it in the first place. It's all sandcastles on the beach. You can only build those walls so high to save the castle. If it all washes away you just let it go and start again. You don't wish it'd been your neighbor instead. You don't play it safe and build up on the dunes. Without risk of loss the castle you're building is no where near as beautiful as it could've been. When you accept that its all going to eventually wash away without continued effort and that beauty lies in the process versus the product that's when you learn to love the waves instead of fearing them.