The red carpet begins and ends, though the status it announces pretends to be continuous.

The carpet has an edge, though the status it confers behaves as though it never ends. Standing on it is a temporary condition with clear boundaries, and the pretence of continuity is part of what makes it desirable. Every elevated position is bounded in ways it does not advertise.

So find the edges of the ones you occupy. What happens to how you are treated when you step off, when the title changes, when the project ends. Building a life that works past the edge, with people who knew you before the carpet, is what makes the edge survivable when you reach it.