I do not feel like that is the right answer. My native sp grows exponentially faster with delegated sp than without it.

This post is targeted at those who need the sp to survive at all - not on the people at the point of thinking about profits.

My "normal" advice to "normal" steemers is to get delegations until at least their own sp is at 500 - In most cases I would say to continue until you are at 1000. Then you can be on your own, will know what you are doing, and do not need the help.