Infinite patience gets you immediate results.
I had ideas first, wealth second. It only worked in that order.
Out of silence comes the greatest creativity. Not when we are rushing and panicking.
Being a leader doesn't mean you created something or you did something great in the past or some other person has given you any kind of authority.
My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure.
Your bosses simply hate you. You created more and more value. They paid you less and less. That's the definition of disdain in my book.