Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
Blaming the system is soothing because it lets you off the hook. But when the system is broken, we wonder why you were relying in the system in the first place.
If you want to be a leader, go lead