On such quest:
All are quite patient.
Many seek after academic (not epistemological) achievements.
Many seek after connections with people (specifically of high official status), such as the leaders at CCCNY.
Some neglect all of the above but seek to obtain power in a non-power pursuit. Seeing others disillusioned with the convention idea of power. This is where I was.
It is better to neglect all of the above and focus the power that's only from God. From the Holy Spirit. The only tool for such power is the Word of God. Everything else will be provided: One must learn to let go any of the above without nostalgia. That which is of God matters.
As for social connections, those who are of God, pray for the hope in them. Those who twist God's way from within (even if it is passively), understand the grace that is bestowed upon them but be watchful lest be tainted by them (do not bind with them 不与他们相配，不和他们同负一轭 - 2 Corinthians 6:14), rebuke them when necessary (but many in the leadership roles know how to avoid that, so be it, seek no association with them), those who seek not God, show them mercy with wisdom.