bb: 21may2009
Great thought on how people think successful people succeed:

Versus how it actually happens:

This ties in well with a Malcolm Gladwell (from Outliers) quote I really like:
Hard work is what successful people do.
Jeff Atwood also has a great piece on "overnight success" that ties in with this. Anyway, read the post, it is short and insightful (my favorite kind of blog post).