Wearing spanx helps. A lot.

But all seriousness aside, while I am not a professional Classicist, I've read my share, and learned a few things, like I should!
Wasn't that the whole point of reading all those Greeks? To get a sense of how one should live as a mortal?

So, nope.
Why must one must suffer the pointless and inglorious stress and humiliation of running among rats?
You may win the rat race, but in the end, you're still a rat.

Character is Fate?
One should follow one's "good daimon" (eudaimonia).